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perts ; but in addition to these there are man}' other 

 students to whom even a short course of study at Piel 

 would be very advantageous. I would especially instance 

 those who propose to be school teachers — whether of 

 science subjects or not — to all such a knowledge of even 

 the elementary facts and principles of Biology is of very 

 great value. I would suggest that some of the Technical 

 Instruction Committees of our County Boroughs might 

 establish small scholarships, say of £10 each, to enable 

 the holders to enjoy a course of instruction at the Piel 

 laboratory during some vacation. 



Possibly, also, more definitely organised classes in con- 

 nection with the Barrow Technical School might be 

 arranged. 



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C.—The General Public. 

 A certain amount of useful teaching work might be 

 carried out in connection with our travelling Fisheries 

 Exhibition. Our cases of specimens have now visited 

 half-a-dozen of the chief towns of Lancashire (Liverpool, 

 Salford, Preston, Bolton, St. Helens, Liverpool again, 

 Piel and Barrow), have been exhibited to the public in 

 museums or free libraries for from three to six months 

 at a time, and have been, I believe, on every occasion much 

 appreciated. While at Salford the Exhibition was visited 

 by over 120,000 people. In the past a charge of £15 has 

 been made by the Sea-Fisheries Committee to each institu- 

 tion in order to defray the expenses of packing, travelling, 

 renewals and repairs. I believe that charge has deterred 

 some of the smaller towns from applying for the exhibi- 

 tion. If the necessary expenses could be met in some 

 other way, such as by a grant from the Technical Instruc- 

 tion Committee, I feel sure that it would be useful to 

 send the exhibit to many of our smaller coast towns. 



