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man), the Receiver-General (as Chairman of the Harbour 

 Commissioners, ex-officio), Mr. W. A. Hutchinson, Mr. D. 

 Maitland, ' Mr. J. Crellin, Professor Herdman, and Mr. 

 Robert Okell, F.L.S. (Secretary). 



The allocation of this grant received the sanction of 

 H.M. Treasury shortly afterwards, and the new Committee 

 held a meeting and got to work. In the meantime the 

 matter had been before a special meeting of the L.M.B.C. 

 held in Liverpool on September 10th, when Mr. Thompson 

 and Professor Herdman were appointed to confer with the 

 Manx Committee and conclude a suitable agreement. As 

 a result of several meetings between Mr. Thompson, as 

 Secretary of the L.M.B.C, and Mr. Okell, as Secretary of 

 the Manx Committee, an agreement was drawn up which 

 has since been submitted to both Committees and approved 

 of. The interests and liabilities of the two Committees 

 have been carefully considered and safeguarded, and their 

 cordial co-operation in the future provided for. Of the 

 three departments in the future institution the Laboratory 

 block will be wholly under the control of the L.M.B.C, 

 the Hatchery block will belong solely to the Manx Com- 

 mittee, and the Aquarium in the centre will be managed 

 as a joint concern in the interests of both the scientific 

 and the economic work. The two Committees contribute 

 equally to expenses of salaries and working, the Curator 

 of the old Biological Station (Mr. H. C Chadwick) 

 becomes Curator of the whole institution, with a fisher- 

 man assistant under him, and the Hon. Director of the 

 L.M.B.C. is recognised as being Director also of the 

 Hatchery. This, it is hoped, will secure unity and 

 economy of working and will result in the various depart- 

 ments being mutually helpful. The fishery work will be 

 of interest to the scientific students, and the investigations 

 in the Laboratory and Aquarium will be of importance in 



