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benefited? He thought it must be confessed that until 

 quite recently education in this country was in a chaotic 

 state. Even now it was only in favoured cities and places 

 that there was anything like an educational ladder by 

 which an intelligent boy at the national school could, 

 without cost to his parent, work his way up till he took a 

 University degree, and could devote himself to scientific 

 research for the benefit of his fellow-countrymen. 

 He was glad he had had the opportunity of making those 

 remarks before one of the most distinguished authorities 

 on education in this country, Mr. Haldane. (Hear, hear.) 

 As a recent Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, he 

 (Lord Onslow) welcomed the association which, he 

 observed, was to exist between the University of Liverpool 

 and the Lancashire Sea Fisheries Committee. There was 

 very great practical and useful work, especially research 

 work, to be done in that direction. They were fortunate 

 in Lancashire, because their wealth was such that a 

 comparatively insignificant rate — a rate of one-sixteenth 

 of a penny — was sufficient to yield a very handsome sum 

 for the purposes of their fisheries. (Hear, hear.) When 

 the business of the fisheries of the country was handed 

 over to his (Lord Onslow's) department, he naturally 

 expected, as an ignorant Minister did, that lie would find 

 the broad lines upon which it was expected that he should 

 shape his policy already laid down by experts and 

 scientists. But, instead of that, he found that there was 

 very little information upon the subject. What they 

 wanted to know was, were the fishing grounds of our 

 coasts being depleted by our fishermen? It was no use 

 to say that the quantity of fish imported into this country 

 was increasing in numbers, because it was well known 

 that our fishermen went farther and farther afield; but 

 what they wanted to know was, by scientific research., 



