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of Oxford, the Stour (Canterbury) Fishery Association (per 
Mr. Montague Kingsford), and several other gentlemen 
interested in practical fish-culture. He mentioned the 
names of the gentlemen who had kindly helped him and 
his assistant Nevill in obtaining the eggs, and requested 
that a vote of thanks should be accorded them, especially 
to the authorities of the French Société Imperiale de Pisci- 
culture. He was happy to be able to state that all the 
distributions had taken place without (except in one in- 
stance) accident, and that he still had sufficient fry left in 
the hatching troughs in the Museum of Economic Fish 
Culture at the Royal Horticultural Gardens, South Ken- 
sington, for exhibiting the process to the public. Mr. 
Arden proposed, “ That the best thanks of the Society be 
given to Mr. Buckland for his valuable services in the 
science of fish culture,’ which was seconded by Mr. H. J. 
B. Hancock, B.L. Mr. Buckland, in returning thanks, said 
the new science of fish-culture was of great importance, 
and he had no doubt, if the Society held together, good 
results would inevitably follow. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
ATHLETIC SPORTS. 
The Annual Athletic Sports of the Civil Service were 
held at Beaufort House, on the 17th and 18th ult., and 
passed off with great success. 
There was a large attendance of ladies to witness the 
various performances; and we are certain to find the fair 
sex as ready to countenance by their presence feats calcu- 
lated to improve the manhood of the present day, as they 
were, in more chivalric times, to smile upon the combatants 
in knightly sports of a far less tame character. The walk- 
ing was fair, and the pace tolerably good for amateurs. 
We were rather struck with the poorly developed muscle 
of several of the competitors, which may be owing to the 
fact, that most of them have only taken to athletic sports 
as men not having been addicted to them from early youth, 
and, again, the sedentary pursuits of the members of the 
Club, probably leave them little time for practice. We 
should be glad to see athletic sports much more cultivated 
in England than they now are, especially in the case of 
boys, to whom regular exercise of muscle is of great benefit, 
in developing them into strong hardy men. For all who 
enjoy good health, open air sports are of marked service 
