§ Mr. HAYESasked the Minister of Agriculture whether the œcological investigations on shore algæ by Dr. M. Knight, Liverpool University, have yet been resumed, and the investigations upon the contribution of algae spores to the total particulate organic matter content of in-shore and pool waters; and when it is expected that papers on these subjects will be issued?
Mr. GUINNESSThe investigations to which the hon. Member refers are not aided out of State funds, and do not therefore come within the official purview of the Ministry. I have, however, ascertained from the authorities of the University of Liverpool, under whose aegis the research is being conducted, that Dr. M. Knight has recently resumed her work on Marine Algae which was interrupted by her serious illness. The results so far obtained are recorded in1870W two extensive reports which are accessible at the University of Liverpool; they are also being incorporated in several memoirs which will shortly be published.