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other scientific exhibits— such as that of the Marine 

 Biological Association — in the large north gallery, it was 

 in a small badly lighted annexe ; but several scientific 

 men and others (such as the editor of the "Fish Trades 

 Gazette") remarked publicly upon the interesting and 

 important nature of the Lancashire Exhibit. 



At the close of the London Exhibition the cases and 

 their contents were brought back to Liverpool, and, with 

 the sanction of the Committee and the permission of the 

 authorities of University College, Mr. Scott and I arranged, 

 during the autumn, a small but representative Sea- 

 Fisheries Exhibition, of which the London Exhibit 

 formed the nucleus, in the College Museum of Zoology. 

 This exhibition was formally opened by the Chairman of 

 the Lancashire Sea-Fisheries Committee in the presence 

 of a representative audience on October 29th. An address 

 was delivered by Mr. Fell upon " Some Aspects of the 

 Work of Sea-Fisheries Committees, and speeches were 

 made by the Principal of University College, the Chairman 

 of the Technical Instruction Committee of the Liverpool 

 City Council, and others. The exhibit was then opened 

 to the public during the next few weeks on certain hours 

 and days. At the end of three weeks I was able to report 

 to the November Meeting of the Committee that over 

 1000 persons had visited the exhibition, and when we 

 finally closed it at the end of the year, the total number 

 of visitors was 1,550. On several days set demonstrations 

 or explanations of the collection were given to a party 

 of Board School teachers, to a group of fishermen from 

 Hoylake, and to a company of children. 



The museum, the nature of its contents, and the 

 speeches at the opening of the exhibition were very fully 

 and favourably reported by the Liverpool Press, and there 

 is reason to believe that not only was the exhibition of 



