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Fisheries, in which Dr. Masterman and others from the Board 

 of Agriculture and Fisheries, Professor Meek from the Culler- 

 coats Laboratory (Northumberland), Dr. Allen from the 

 Plymouth Laboratory, and other authorities on the subject 

 took part. It contains some references to work done in the 

 past under our Committee and published in detail in former 

 Reports (such as our Mussel-transplantation experiments 

 in 1903-5), along with more recent examples of the value of 

 well-timed and judicious assistance in stimulating a local 

 fishery, but it may serve a' useful purpose to draw attention 

 again to the matter at a time like this when any possible 

 addition to the food supplies of the country is becoming of 

 ever increasing importance. 



W. A. HEEDMAN. 



Fisheries Laboratory, 



University of Liverpool, 

 February 5th, 1917. 



