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In addition to the particulars obtained by the examination of 
examples of tlie fishes caught by the trawl, with reference to their 
maturity and their food, the weight was determined in each case 
with relation to size. 
Samples of the surface and mid-water life w r ere obtained at the 
various stations as before, and the quantity and general nature of 
each of these are indicated. 
Tables are furnished again by Messrs. Douglas and Fawcus, 
detailing their catches of crabs and lobsters, and, with the aid of 
the former, we are able to publish some interesting experiments 
with regard to the migrations of the lobster. These show that the 
lobster, in its adult condition, is very local, and completely in-shore 
in its habits. 
Particulars are furnished of the main facts obtained at certain 
conferences with the fishermen of the district. 
A list of some interesting Isopoda, obtained from the deeper 
waters off the coast, and also an account of Entomostraca from the 
fresh water Lough at Holy Island are given by Professor Brady. 
Professor Lebour has examined and reported upon samples of the 
bottoms from stations which are indicated on a chart— a chart which 
shows also the localities in which our trawling experiments are made. 
Mr. C. N. Dodd, A. Sc., a student of the Zoological Department, 
to whom w r e owe the chart of the district above referred to, made 
some most useful determinations on the relation of weight to size in 
crabs, which are embodied in a paper on the growth of the shore 
crab. 
Mr. E. P. Witten, B.Sc., Research Scholar, has commenced to 
examine in detail the nature of the changes accompanying the cast- 
ing of the crab, and contributes a preliminary report on bis results. 
Lists are given of the Decapod and of the Amphipod Crustacea 
from the Northumberland district. Notes on the occurrence this 
year of the fox shark, with a photograph, by Mr. W. II. Young, and 
of the lesser rorqual, and other forms are also presented. 
The above shows how useful the laboratory has already become 
to the district and to the College. The fact that several of our 
students, past and present, utilise it, and with advantage, not merely 
to themselves, but to the advance of our knowledge of Marine 
Science, is sufficient excuse for our asking the Technical Education 
Committee to still further encourage this most useful work in relation 
to an important local industry by placing one or two scholarships at 
the disposal of the Zoological Department for Marino Research. 
