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IMPORTANT CENTRE OF RESEARCH
FISH WHICH CHANGE COLOUR UNDER SUNLIGHT
(By Craven Hill, FZS)
SOCCER
nett $5.415.9 bated kable insi
Whilst on petitions,
Play
(of com-i
the Emer London | very few exhibits have been. Inst.
geney
ittee. When I had One of the most interesting from white spot disease.
the honour of addressing you last parts of the Zoo aquarium is the The Sea-Horses long service corridor which runs Other experiments in the labora-peal to players and spectators year, I made, a ver earnest #p-| behind the tanket The primary tory are connected with breeding, abke for clean, lay, and I warned purpose of this wide, elevated pes- and the rearing of delicate young players that the Association sage is to enable keepers to clean fish which, if left in their exhibi-would not hesitate to use all the out the show tanks and feed the ton tanks world, for one reason powers it possessed to maintain exhibits; but it has another func-jor another, die an early death the true spirit of the game in this tion, and by no means zu unimpor Young sea-barses are a case Colony. I regret to see from the tant one, for it is also used as “a point..
report that, in spite of that ap The Zoo's sea-horses breed occa-peal, there have been all too many į laboratory.
Along the outer walls are small sionally, but the offspring never,cases of misconduct with which reserve tanks in which, from time by any chance, survive, so that the the Emergency Committee has to time, msearth work is carried stock of these curiously shaped had to deal. It is a very serious out and
scientific experiments marine creatures has to be regu-reflection on our sporting in- made, not only upon fish, but on larly replenished by obtaining stincts that two Clubs should the fresh adult specimens from their have had to be removed from the plants, changes in the constitution of the native waters off Archachon, on League competition and I hope water used in the aquarmin. and the Bay of Biscay.
the offending Clubs will see to it On a recent occasion, therefore, that they do not again bring such! The experiments, initiated by the when a family of, baby, sea-horses disgrace upon themselves and aquarium director, Mr. E. G. Bou-made their appearance, they were upon Hong Kong Football gen- lenger, are usually supervised by at once taken by net from the ex-erally. him, and by Overseer Vinall, of the hibition tank and transferred to -I make a special appeal in Bombay, Marseilles, Havre, Lon-aquarium staff, and most of them a small reserve one in the labora-connection with the Governor's
are made with the object of im-tory.
Cup matches one of which was proving the health of captive fish. Here, the little, wriggling, brown marked by most discreditable con-
Fungus Malady
forms-none of them over half an duct last season. These matches To keep aquatic exhibits in good inch long-were offered various should be specially sacrosanct for condition is a much more difficult new kinds of food, ground down not only was the Cap presented task than to maintain the health to a the powder, so that it would by His Majesty's Representative |of captive animals or birds. not be too big for their tiny but the matches were instituted
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Inawine:
In the first place, fish, generally months: but, although this family for the special purpose of prolact speaking. are far more dellets survived longer than any, previous ing friendly relations between than mammals, and if the condi-Jones had done, they all sunmbed Chinese and non-Chinese football tions of their existence-the den-in the end. However, the Zoo does players. That they should be the sity of their water and its seration not abandon hope of one day find occasion for displays of unseem -are not absolutely right their ing out the secret why baby sea-ly conduct brings the whole of (chances of aufvivalˇaze poor. And horses cannot be successfully rear Hong Kong Football into dis- they are far more liable to falled.
victims to disease than ana mam- Experiments of another kind are mals or birds.
those which are made to determine
It is in the prevention and cure the effect of artificial sunlight on of these diseases that many experi-15sh. ments have been made, and some
success.
repute.
Officials Tributed
"Major Manners has
out his onerous duties as Chai The value of the ultra-violet rayman of the Council in his
of them have been a consolations in other departments of Zoo life ficient way and our thanks are is well-known, and therapeutic due to him for conducting the Take, for instance, that malady powers, both as a tonic and stimm- business of the Association jmown as fungus, which so readily lant, have been amply demons successfully. alicts captive freshwater fish, and trated, Of its effects upon fish. "Mr. Manning L Railton WOO which shows itself as a greyish however, little was known until so kindly volunteered to fake bim upon the scales, and finally selected specimens were irradiated the duties of Hon. Secretary, whe spreads to the gills, causing death in the aquarium. Aft
we were left without Until quite recently this bacterial
proved to be a very hard- disease had been one of the most The first result of these tests and conscientious official; we Singapore, Penang, Rangoon and serious which the Zoo has had to was rather surprising, for its preciate the services he has
combat, and it was with the de-inmediate effect
andered and trust he will finite zim of fading a cure for it kinds of fish was to alter their with us for a long time tha a succession of experimenta (colourINYAMIN
Cakutta
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