76 TRANSACTIONS LIVERPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
The necessary preliminary steps to be taken are :— 
1. The renewal of the grants for scientific work which 
were obtained previous to 1914 with such 
imcrease as may be required under present 
conditions ; 
2. The re-appomtment of the necessary assistants, 
so as to fill up the depleted scientific staff to 
at least the degree of efficiency supported by 
the Development Commission and approved 
by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries in 
the programme of work printed in the Intro- 
duction to the Report for 1912 ; 
3. Such revisal of the programme of scientific work— 
including observations and statistics at sea and 
laboratory work at Piel, Port Erin and Liverpool 
—as may seem desirable in view of the break 
in our records, the work that has been done 
since both here and elsewhere, the new develop- 
ments that have taken place in connection with 
sea-fisheries and the possibility of future con- 
solidation and expansion of scientific work in 
the Irish Sea under a University department of 
Oceanography. 
In regard to this last point (3), the scientific stafi are 
prepared to do their part whenever required, and it is hoped 
that the Committee will, as soon as may be practicable, take 
the necessary steps to secure the renewal of the grants and the 
re-appointment of the Assistants. If the Lancashire and 
Western Sea-Fisheries Committee is to regain and maintain 
the position it held in relation to the scientific exploitation of 
the district and the Fishing Industries under its charge, no 
time should be lost in resuming active work at sea and in 
promoting a sound progressive policy in both Fishery Research 
and Education. 
