7 
TRAWLING EXPERIMENTS. 
The experiments of 1907 were carried out under conditions not 
exactly parallel to those of previous years. The Committee were 
des.rous to have the experiments continued, but, unfortunate],-, the 
steamer belongmg to the late Chairman was not available. ' The 
trawhng gear and spare nets were, however, kindly presented 
to me by the executors of the late Alderman Dent * 
A steamer was hired by the Committee for a period of six weeks 
^ August and September, and on certain days the vessel wa 
used for expenmental purposes in the inshore regions. There 
bemg no steam winch it was impossible to trawl except in the 
hallowest water. We had the further disability of working with 
a crow not accustomed to the experiments nor to the stations 
Both the Fishery Officers, however, threw themselves hear y „t o 
the work, and ,t must be said, also, that the crew of the " Europe" 
were most helpful. The Fishery Officers netted plankton al l lv 
P aces a 1 a ong thocoast, and this has already been ex^ d y 
T - I ™ gIe ' RSc " W. Kaitt, B.Sc, but the results 
arc not jvt ready for publication. 
The first modification of importance was that instead of stoppin, 
he steamer and hauling in the net by means of a wind, 21 
team „ backed an( , ^ slack - 1. h 
tow. finally bemg lifted off the ground by manual UbL V, C1 
he beam was brought to the surface the davits were employed « 
they were on the « Stanley " employed as 
o modify the manner of tlie exnerimpnf \u .1% uwe ^ e1 ' 
wo it was determined to mea " ha t ft It ** f ° r 
"U be possible to convert the resnteinto \ 7- T " 
^^^^ 
* I have to thank Mr. Tom- nnrf th* t -i , " " 
so for being g00t l euough °^ Xr^tt^ °" r ,amented Chai ™an, 
' yth aS R St ° re for *e trawling nnl^XgTcal their b ° athouse « 
