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ment of the University of Liverpool, and it is gratifying 

 to be able to report much greater success than has 

 hitherto been attained. Eighteen berried lobsters with 

 ripening eggs were obtained from local fishermen, and 

 from these 10,257 larvae (fig. 6) were hatched. Falling 



Fig. 6. Newly-hatched lobster larva. 



[Photo by Mr. Edwin Thompson. 



back upon the Curator's earlier experiments, Mr. Gunn 

 used the Dannevig hatching boxes, and in these he 

 succeeded in rearing 333 larvae to the fourth or ' lobster- 

 ling ' stage. During the season 4,367 larvae in various 

 stages of development, including all but a small number 

 of the lobsterlings, were set free in the sea. Accidental 

 stoppage of the circulation in one of the hatchery tanks 

 unfortunately resulted in the death of a considerable 

 batch of larvae which had reached the third stage ; and 

 cannibalism accounted for the disappearance of many 

 others; but, taken as a whole, Mr. Gunn's results are 

 encouraging and promise greater things in the future. 



