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AT a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Edinburgh International Fisheries Exhibition of 1882, which proved so successful, held on Wednesday, February 28, it was resolved, on the motion of Mr. John Murray, seconded by Sheriff Irvine, that the funds at the disposal of the Executive Committee be granted to the Council of the Scottish Meteorological Society to carry out the proposed investigations with reference to the herring, salmon, and other fisheries which are described in the Circular submitted by the Council with their letter of application to the Committee of May 23, with power to arrange for a zoological station, and with a recommendation that an application be made to Government for assistance. The sum granted is upwards of 1500l.
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Herring and Salmon Fisheries . Nature 27, 442–443 (1883). https://doi.org/10.1038/027442a0
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