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During the past year the following have occupied work 

 places in the laboratory at Piel for the purpose of carrying 

 on Zoological investigations : — 



Dr. F. W. Gamble, Owens College, Manchester. 

 Working at Crustacea. 



Dr. J. T. Jenkins, University College, Liverpool. 

 Working at digestive glands of Oyster. 



Mr. F. H. Smith, B.Sc, Barrow-in-Furness. 

 Working at Algae and Diatoms. 



Mr. J. E. Turner, B.A., Barrow-in-Furness. 



Working at Marine Zoology and Fisheries. 



Mr. John Graham, B.Sc, Barrow-in-Furness. 

 Working at Marine Biology and Physics. 



These gentlemen have sent me short reports upon their 

 work, in which they express their thanks to the Com- 

 mittee and their appreciation of the facilities given by 

 the institution and the help rendered by Mr. Scott. 



Parties of fishermen from Bardsea and Baicliff have 

 been brought on various occasions by Rev. R. B. Billinge 

 and Rev. Dr. Hayman, when explanations and demonstra- 

 tions were given by Mr. Scott and Mr. Johnstone. Many 

 other visitors, more or less connected with fisheries and 

 scientific work, including Mr. A. Milman, C.B., Mr. J. B. 

 Feilding, Mr. J. Fell and other members of the Sea- 

 Fisheries Committee, and the members of the Barrow 

 Field Naturalists' Club, have been shown over the estab- 

 lishment, and have had the operations explained to them. 



I regret that the applications for the two £60 Scholar- 

 ships for higher education in Fisheries Science, each 

 tenable for two years at University College, Liverpool, 

 which had been offered by the Lancashire County Council, 

 were most unsatisfactory. Only one candidate applied, 

 and from his defective preliminary education he was 

 evidently quite unsuitable. This unfortunate result was 

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