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which is contemplated be established in connection with 

 our Biological Station at Port Erin. The possibility of 

 some such arrangement being proposed, caused the 

 Committee to consider carefully the ground in the 

 neighbourhood of the Station with the view of determining 

 how far they could offer accommodation for economic 

 work, and what additional building and plant would be 

 required before they could undertake sea-fish hatching on 

 anything beyond an experimental scale. The chief 

 requirements for such a purpose are as follows : — 



1. An extension of the Aquarium house, to hold the 

 hatching boxes. 



2. A small boat jetty. 



3. A concrete pond on the shore. 



4. A circulation of sea- water. 



All of these are merely a matter of expense. They can 

 readily be provided if a grant be given for the purpose. 

 The hatching-house will cost about £80, the jetty £70, 

 and the pond £80 ; say, including the fittings of the 

 hatchery, £250 in all. 



As to a constant flow, or circulation, of sea-water, there 

 is no gas supply in Port Erin, and if worked by a steam 

 engine a very considerable expenditure and the services of 

 an engineer would be required. A much more economical 

 plan, and one that would probably be quite sufficient for 

 the wants of the institution, would be to pump from the 

 sea-well to the uppermost tank by means of a small wind- 

 mill, as is done in some of the Biological Stations abroad. 

 This would be comparatively inexpensive, and would not 

 require material addition to the service of the institution ; 

 our present Curator with the assistance of a strong lad, 

 and possibly a second fisher lad during the hatching 

 season, would be able to undertake the work. 



