108 TRANSACTIONS LIVERPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
After the war it will for some time probably be just as 
important as it is now to prevent money from leaving the 
country, and with a view to this, as well as for other reasons 
which I have stated, it is obviously desirable that all home 
productivity should be organised and stimulated. The minor 
fishing industries along our shores naturally occur as one step 
in this direction, and the economic need for developing these 
deserving industries seems urgent. 
I desire, therefore, to submit to the Committee the 
paramount importance, in the future interests of their fishing 
industries, of (1) maintaining for the present all such scientific 
investigations as may still be in any way possible, and 
(2) restoring as soon as may be practicable after the conclusion 
of the war the scientific staff and equipment to its former - 
strength and state of efficiency, in order that the Committee’s 
programme of investigations at sea, under the Development 
Commission, and other important work that was in progress 
may be resumed before the break in the continuity of the 
observations becomes too serious. 
W. A. HERDMAN. 
FISHERIES LABORATORY, 
UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL, 
February 14th, 1916. 
