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tion Committee of the County Council and the Sea 

 Fisheries Committee was passed. 



A few of the Barrow School Teachers who attended 

 the Nature Study courses, and others interested in Marine 

 Zoology, have formed a Marine section in connection with 

 the Barrow Naturalists' Field Club and Literary and 

 Scientific Association, and meet occasionally at Piel. 



Representatives from the Lancashire County Council, 

 under the leadership of Mr. James Fletcher, visited the 

 establishment during the second Fishermen's class. The 

 third class was visited by the members of a number of the 

 Lancashire Local Educational Committees, also under the 

 leadership of Mr. Fletcher. The members of the Rams- 

 bottom Urban District Council, under the leadership of 

 their representative on the Committee (Mr. Tames Ash- 

 worth), the St. Tames' Rambling Club, and the Wesleyan 

 Guild, Barrow, also visited the establishment during the 

 summer. A large number of ordinary visitors have been 

 shown through the Laboratory and tankhouse. 



Some important improvements have been made in the 

 Laboratory. These include three new permanent work- 

 tables, with teakwood tops, for the Fishermen's classes. 

 The tables have gas laid on, which was found to be a great 

 advantage in the dark afternoons during the spring and 

 for the Nature Study class in the evenings. An apparatus 

 cupboard, for holding the microscopes, &c, used in the 

 classes ; a Hearson incubator, hot-air oven, steam 

 steriliser, and other utensils for Bacteriological work have 

 also been added to the Laboratory equipment. 



