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difficulties, in overcoming which much valuable time was 

 spent during the first two or three years. The efficiency 

 of the hatchery has now, however, been greatly increased 

 by duplication of the pumping machinery; and the 

 experience gained in the course of ten years' work affords 

 solid ground for the confident hope of much greater 

 success in the years to come." 



H. C. Chadwick. 



Pig. 7. Newly-hatched Plaice. Photo by Dr. P. Ward. 



Other Reports on Work. 



Professor Benjamin Moore, along with Mr. E. 

 Whitley, Dr. W. J. Dakin, and Mr. E. Edie, has been 

 carrying on an extensive physiological and chemical 

 investigation, with the support of the Percy Sladen Trust, 

 into the nutrition and metabolism of marine organisms. 

 It is well known to biologists that Professor August 

 Putter, of Bonn, has recently put forward the view that 

 marine animals cannot be nourished by the plankton or 



