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ing times and the habits of the mussel at Piel will be 

 found on p. 161. 



Mr. Johnstone's time — in addition to helping me with 

 general work, correspondence, the examination of any 

 specimens that arrive, the preparation of "memoranda" 

 throughout the year, and of this Report — has been largely 

 taken up with arranging and superintending the removal 

 of the travelling Fisheries Exhibit from place to place. 

 The packing and unpacking of specimens, the renewal of 

 labels, &c, takes up a good deal of the time of both Mr. 

 Johnstone and of the fisheries laboratory boy, W. Raw. 



The Exhibit, it will be remembered, after being at 

 Liverpool, Salford, Preston and Bolton, was at University 

 College in the winter of 1899-1900. In March it was 

 removed to St. Helens, where it remained at the Public 

 Museum till Xovember. The Curator, Mr. Alfred 

 Lancaster, has sent me a letter on behalf of his Museum 

 Committee, tendering their thanks to the Lancashire Sea- 

 Fisheries Committee for the loan of " the very interesting 

 and instructive collection of Sea-Fisheries Exhibits." 

 He states further that " the exhibition was visited by 

 upwards of 16,000 persons,'' and he refers to the use 

 which school teachers made of the exhibition as the subject 

 of object lessons. 



It will be remembered that a couple of years ago some 

 desire was expressed to have the exhibit at Barrow, 

 but negotiations eventually broke down. Mr. Scott has 

 since suggested that if the cases were exhibited for a time 

 in the large laboratory at Piel, that might serve for 

 visitors from Barrow and from the neighbouring fishing 

 villages. Accordingly in November the collection was 

 transferred to Piel, and is now on exhibition there.* 



* Any other Museums or public Institutions desiring to have the 

 Fisheries Exhibit on loan should apply for a copy of the conditions and 

 regulations. 



