136 TRANSACTIONS LIVERPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



" Board of Education, South Kensington. 

 " Barrow-in-Furness, Piel, Marine Laboratory, Teachers' 

 " Classes, School No. 32,519. 

 " Report of H.M. Inspector for the year 1905-06, with 

 " remarks, if any, added by the Board of Education : — 



" ' This is a very useful class. The teaching is 

 " ' efficient and thorough, and much interest is 

 " ' evinced by the students in the study of the 

 " ' marine forms of the syllabus. 



" ' The work is conducted in a well-equipped 

 " ' Laboratory.' " 



The members of the Scientific and General Purposes 

 Committees of the Fisheries Committee and members of 

 various Education Committees in the County visited the 

 laboratory, under the leadership of Mr. James Fletcher, 

 while the fishermen's classes were being conducted. 



The library has received a number of valuable 

 additions during the year, the most important being : — 

 A set of fifty-eight volumes, published by the Ray 

 Society, containing amongst others the Mono- 

 graphs by Alder & Hancock, Allman, Mcintosh, 

 Bowerbank, Brady, Darwin, &c. 

 United States Bulletins of the Fish Commission, 



1884-1904. 12 vols. 

 British Fresh-water Fishes, Houghton. 2 vols. 

 Catalogue of Madreporia, vols. 1-5 ; presented by the 



British Museum. 

 Monograph on the Isopods of North America. 

 A number of books and pamphlets belonging to the 



late R. L. Ascroft ; presented by Mrs. Ascroft. 

 A number of reprints of papers from the Reports on 

 the Sea and Inland Fisheries of Ireland, 1904- 

 1905 ; presented by Mr. E. "W. L. Holt, Scientific 

 Adviser. 



