220 TRANSACTIONS LIVERPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Of the two sides of this case, the one is occupied by 

 samples of the administrative literature, the other by 

 the scientific. The administrative includes the superin- 

 tendent's quarterly reports, the statistics, the various 

 printed forms in use by the fishery officers, copies of the 

 bye-laws, etc. 



The scientific papers include the annual reports from 

 the laboratory, syllabuses of courses of fishery lectures, 

 catalogue of the sea-fisheries collection, papers on the 

 marine fauna and flora of the district, report on shell-fish 

 culture in France, and other papers ; photographs and 

 plates illustrating investigations by Professor Herdman, 

 Mr. Scott, and others. 



The upper part of this case is occupied, on both sides, 

 by selected samples of the different kinds of lantern 

 slides, photographs and diagrams, used at University 

 College, Liverpool, in illustration of fishery lectures. 



CASE C illustrates the Administrative work of the 

 Committee, carried out by the Superintendent (Mr. R. 

 A. Dawson) and his Assistants. 



The principal exhibits are : — 



1. The Bye-Laws of the Committee for the purpose 



of regulating the fishing industries of the district. 



2. Models of trawling nets of different kinds as used 



in our district. 



3. Models of shrimp trawls. 



4. Model of Fleetwood prawn (" red shrimp ") trawl. 



5. Model of improved form of shrimp net, designed 



by Mr. R. A. Dawson, to minimise the destruction 

 of young food fish (see also description on card). 



