MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION AT PORT ERIN. 19 
The Inbrary. 
“Our thanks are due to the respective donors for the 
Annual Reports of the Marine Stations of Millport and 
Cullercoats, and the Lancashire Sea Fisheries Laboratory ; 
the Journal of the Marine Biological Association ; the publica- 
tions of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A., the 
Smithsonian Institute, U.S.A., the University of California, 
U.S.A., and the Brown University, Rhode Island, U.S.A. ; 
the Royal Italian Oceanographical Committee. Other additions 
to the Library have been presented by Professor and Mrs. 
Herdman, Mr. A. O. Walker, the Secretary of State for India 
in Council, H.H. the Gaekwar of Baroda and Mr. James Hornell. 
A few works have been purchased. Much work was done during 
the winter upon the catalogue of the Library, and the Curator 
hopes to complete it to date during the present winter. 
The Fish Hatchery. 
“ Owing very largely to conditions imposed by the war, 
no additions were made during the Autumn of 1916 to the 
stock of spawners. When, on November 28th, the spawning 
ponds were drained, the stock available for this year’s hatching 
operations was found to consist of 102 healthy fish. Fertilised 
eges were first seen in the pond on February 22nd, three days 
later than their first appearance in the previous year. Thence- 
forward, in spite of much severe weather and exceptionally 
low temperatures, the daily number of eggs collected increased 
in much the same proportion as in former years until March 
24th, when the maximum number of the season, 504,000, were 
placed in the hatching boxes. Three days later the next largest 
number, 493,500, was recorded. From that time the number 
fluctuated a good deal from day to day, as on April 11th and 
12th, when there were 283,500 and 63,000 respectively. When 
