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Saturdays. The extra instruction consisted of a revision 

 of the afternoon lesson, chart work, viva voce examina- 

 tions on rule of the road at sea, and use of the sextant. 

 The additional work was purely voluntary on the part of 

 the teacher and the students, but it showed that the men 

 were most anxious to take every facility that was given 

 to further their progress towards efficiency. The last 

 class was attended by in-shore fishermen, such as 

 musselers, cocklers, shrimpers, and men from second class 

 fishing boats. Their course of instruction dealt with 

 general Marine Biology relating to fish, economic 

 shellfish, and other invertebrata of the shallow water. 



The annual inspection of the classes was made by a 

 party of members of the Sea-Fisheries Committee and the 

 Education Sub-Committees of the Lancashire County 

 Boroughs, under the leadership of the late Mr. J. 

 Fletcher, Chairman of the Sea-Fisheries Joint Committee, 

 on April 29th. Mr. Fletcher gave a useful address to the 

 fishermen and the visitors on the objects of the Fisher- 

 men's Classes, and on the general work of the Sea- 

 Fisheries Committee. The visitors then inspected the 

 work that was being done, and afterwards returned to the 

 steamer. 



The Barrow Education Committee, with the per- 

 mission of Mr. J. E. Ragdale, Chairman of the Sea- 

 Fisheries Scientific Sub-Committee, organised an evening 

 class in Nature Study for school teachers. The class met 

 twice a week during part of the months of March, April 

 and May. Sixteen teachers from the schools at Barrow 

 attended, and went through a course of instruction dealing 

 with the common objects of the sea-shore. 



Mr. A. Harris, H.M. Inspector of Evening Schools 

 for the district, paid official visits to the fishermen's 

 clashes and to the teachers' evening class, and inspected 



