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Liverpool University Table :— 
Professor Herdman. Miss M. Tesh. Miss J. Lord. 
Miss L. Davies. Miss N. Lodge. Miss E. Catlow. 
Miss G. Andrew. Miss J. Price. Mr. A. BE. Kidd. 
Miss C. Whittaker. Miss J. Curwen. Miss R. C. Bamber. 
Liverpool Marine Biology Committee Tables :— 
Miss R. Holden. Miss M. Jepps. 
Manchester University Table :— 
Mr. G. M. Graham. 
The other Tables remained unoccupied. 
CuURATOR’S REPORT. 
Mr. Chadwick reports to me as follows on the various 
departments of the work :— 
The Fish Hatchery. 
“Plaice hatching operations were begun nearly three 
weeks later this year than last. The stock of spawners 
consisted of 70 fish of the previous year’s stock, and 79 which 
were collected by the Assistant Curator during two trips 
in the steam-trawler “ Lady Loch,’ in October, 1914. To these 
were added two plaice from one of the Aquarium tanks, making 
a total of 151 fish. The first batch of fertilised eggs, numbering 
12,600, were placed in the hatching boxes on February 24th, 
but it was not until March 9th that more than 100,000 eggs 
were collected in one day; and the daily numbers continued 
to be comparatively small until March 17th, when there 
was a marked rise. Thereafter, considering the comparatively 
small number of spawners, the collections maintained a good 
standard, exceeding 400,000 eggs on two occasions, and ‘half 
a million on one. On April 30th the number of eggs collected 
again fell below 100,000, and the spawning season closed on 
May 5th with a total of 6,664,250 eggs. 
“The Hatchery Record, giving the number of eggs 
