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impedes Mr. Scott's operations. We are now preparing 

 for the work of the coming season, and again we are 

 indebted to the courtesy of the Fishery Board for Scotland 

 for permission to trawl for large plaice in their closed 

 waters of Luce Bay. 



Mr. Scott also gives us an interesting account of the 

 method of spawning of the Lobster, as observed by him in 

 our Hatchery at Piel; and a discussion of some results 

 that have been reported of the success attained by trawlers 

 in fertilising fish eggs at sea. 



Mr. Scott reports that the Laboratory at Piel has been 

 occupied by several scientific workers during the year. 

 In addition to our own Assistants, Mr. Scott and Mr. 

 Johnstone, who were occupied both in research and also 

 with practical classes for fishermen, we had, during the 

 Easter vacation, Dr. H. Lyster Jameson, from the 

 Municipal Technical College at Derby, who continued his 

 investigations on the formation of pearls in marine 

 mussels. Dr. Jameson has since published a paper on the 

 subject in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society, which 

 deals with the observations made at Piel and elsewhere. 

 Mr. Joseph Pearson, B.Sc, and Mr. Walter Tattersall, 

 B.Sc, two research students from University College, 

 Liverpool, worked at general Marine Zoology during 

 September. Amongst other Scientific or Technical 

 visitors who have been at Piel during the year to inspect 

 the laboratory and see the progress of our work were the 

 following : — 



Mr. C. E. Fryer, Inspector of Fisheries, Board of Trade. 



Dr. H. Timbrel! Bulstrode, Local Government Board. 



Sir J. T. Hibber't, Chairman of the Lancashire County 

 Council. 



Mr. F. J. Ramsden, Furness Railway Company, 



Dr. Snape, Director of Technical Instruction, Preston. 



