RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 180, 25 April 1908, Page 6

RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS.

~ LIFE HISTORIES OF FOOD' FISHES. y (by TELEGRAPH.—PKEBS ASSOCIATION.) . ■" - . Dunedln, April 21. ' Mr.;, ; .G. . JL .Thomson,; a ■ well-known authority'. .■'on^;-''-New 'Zealand Fisheries, has '"/sent 'a , : flatter- to{Mr. ■ Hog-, ben, " making certain ; suggestions -with reference \to research' work., He says: "'There are; .immenser fields, for research in workiiig dut.'theflifey histories ,of ! : food fishes,.. and molluscs of these seas, and I wouhfl suggest that this line 'of < subject, be ad<s[ to tlioso already proposed. In this' ronnection good l work : has already been done- : at the Portobello ..marine, fish hatchery and,,,station, which' is fitted with,;excellent appliances for .'carrying on biological ; research. Tho laboratory is furnished with simple , and compound miscro'scopos, drawing and preserving material, etc, but its great value lirfs in tue fact' that .aquaria of all" sizes •furnished with continuous supplios -of' pure sea water are always available. The .station' has also an oil-launch and boat, and arrangements mado at short notico for carrying . out surface' and. bottom netting, dredging, and other, modos of obtaining and collecting biological material. Anyone, desirous "of carrying out continuous research extending over days ' or' weeks would find all requisite conditions fordoing ■so to tho best advantage. . I hope .these Considerations will induce 'the' University to- include this line of : work among tho subjects for research scholarships."