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have been successfully carried on this year at Piel, and 

 Messrs. Scott and Johnstone, who were mainly concerned 

 in the work report to me as follows : 



" The Technical Instruction Committee of the County 

 Council having given a further grant of money to enable 

 Fishermen to obtain instruction in the life histories, &c, 

 of the Economic Marine Animals, from our Scientific 

 Department, arrangements were made for carrying on the 

 Practical Classes at Piel, where a supply of living animals 

 could be obtained easily, and where, during spring, the 

 hatching of the eggs of Sea Fish could be shown. 



" Three Classes, each attended by ten men, were held 

 during the year, two in the Fish Hatching Season, and one 

 in the Summer. A Fourth Class, to follow immediately 

 after the third, was also proposed, but this was abandoned 

 owing to the difficulty the men had in coming at that time 

 of the year. The following are the dates when the 

 Classes were held, and the names of the men who attended 

 them :— 



"March 18th to 29th— John Wright, Southport; William 

 Rimmer, Southport; Robert Wilson, Morecambe; DavH 

 Willacy, Morecambe; Richard Woodhouse, Morecambe; 

 Daniel Hadwin, Flookburgh ; Peter Butler, Flookburgh ; 

 Samuel Bayliff, Baycliff ; John Shaw, Baycliff ; Robert 

 Porter, Baycliff. 



" April 15th to 27th— William J. Robinson, Formby; 

 Edward Rigby, Southport; Thomas Wright, Southport; 

 J. Johnson, Banks ; J. Wearing, Banks ; Samuel Colley, 

 Sen., Fleetwood ; Thomas Leadbetter, Fleetwood ; Daniel 

 Bell, Morecambe ; James Dobson, Morecambe ; James 

 Swain, Morecambe. 



" July 1st to July 12th — Thomas Hardman, Lytham ; 

 John Robert Wignall, Lytham ; Richard Wright, Fleetwood : 



