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TRANSACTIONS LIVERPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 



John Rigfby, Southport. 



R. Rimmer, Marshside. 



R. Ball, Marshside. 



W. Houldsworth, Marshside. 



John Hardman, L}^tham. 



Thomas Clarkson, Jun., Lytham. 



John Parkinson, Lytham. 



Robert Wright, St. Annes. 

 Mr. Dawson has already reported as to the way in which 

 the men appreciated these practical classes, and he has now 

 written to me of the benefit which, in his opinion, the 

 studentships were to the fishermen. He says : " From 

 Morecambe, Lytham, St. Amies, and Southport and the 

 district I have heard the work spoken of with praise, and 

 how satisfied the men were. I have also had several 

 enquiries as to when more classes would be held, as the 

 men wanted to go to them/' And again, " On all sides 

 I am informed that the fishermen were most interested 

 in the work, and that if any more studentships are offered 

 the difficulty will be not to get men to go, but to choose 

 from amongst the number of applicants." 



In October some questions arose in regard to the con- 

 dition of the Oysters on the bed at the mouth of the 

 Ogwen River, near Bangor, so I arranged that Mr. 

 Andrew Scott, from Piel, should visit the locality, take 

 certain observations, and bring back samples of oysters, 

 of deposits, of water and of microscopic food materials in 

 the neighbourhood of the bed, for examination in the 

 Liverpool Laboratory. Mr. Scott carried out his inspec- 

 tion on October 9th, along with Mr. Jones, the Head 

 Bailiff of that division, and brought back material which 

 I examined with him. The oysters are Odrea edulis in 

 various stages of growth (from one to three inches in 

 diameter), and are evidently living and reproducing 



