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inhabiting some dead shells of Dentalium dredged by 

 Professor Herdman. Miss A. Isgrove found a single 

 specimen of another Gephyrean, Phascolosoma vulgare, 

 which had not previously been recorded from Port Erin 

 Bay. Mr. Dakin added Gobius jjaganellus to our list of 

 Fishes. 



Several large parties of girls and boys from the local 

 elementary schools have paid visits to the Station under 

 the guidance of their teachers, and were addressed on 

 each occasion by the Curator. 



On April 18th a lecture on the Pearl Fisheries and 



Ancient Temples of Ceylon was given by Professor 



Herdman, and was much appreciated by a good audience 



of local residents. The lecture was repeated on the 20th 



for the benefit of the local fishermen, who also attended in 



large numbers. 



The Aquarium. 



Over 15,000 visitors paid for admission to the 

 Aquarium during the year. This number represents an 

 increase of about 1,700 upon last year's total, and raises 

 the total number of visitors admitted during the past four 

 years to over 50,000. The largest attendance on one day 

 was on August 16th, when 643 persons were admitted. 

 The interest of the visitors has been greatly enhanced by 

 the new edition of the Guide to the Aquarium, of which 

 over 900 copies have been sold, making with the last 100 

 of the first edition, a total of over 1,000. This number 

 represents a substantial increase upon the sales of any 

 previous year, but it does not indicate the extent to which 

 the Guide has been used, for we had evidence almost every 

 day that copies had been lent by visitors to their friends, 

 and that a preliminary perusal of their pages had 

 stimulated the interest of many who had not before visited 

 the Aquarium. 



