eal of money, and, I think, would possibly
be a mistake. If we were to embark in any great building
enterprise of that kind, and in future find ourselves in debt,
we should have frustrated the very object we have in view, viz.,
supporting the widows and orphans of those brave men who peril
their lives at sea. I would also suggest that L3000 should be
given as an endowment to a society, which might be called the
Royal Fisheries Society. What shape that might take will be for
your future consideration; but possibly some society might be
founded under such a name or character, similar to the Royal
Agricultural Society. We shall then have a surplus of about
L2000 left, which, I think you will all agree, will be a good
thing to keep in reserve. It would be for the general public in
future to show their interest in this scheme by supporting it to
the best of their ability. I beg, therefore, to move the
following resolution:--'That a sum of L10,000 be invested, with
a view to applying the proceeds to the assistance of families
who have suffered the loss of a father or husband in the
prosecution of his calling as a sea fisherman; and that a
further sum of L3000 be applied to the formation of a Fisheries
Society, such as was suggested by His Royal Highness the
President in his reply to the report of the Executive Committee
on the 31st of October, 1883.'"

That suggestion was that a society should be formed, having for its
object the collection of statistics and other information relative to
Fisheries; the diffusing among the fishing population of a knowledge of
all improvements in the methods and appliances of their calling; the
discussion of questions bearing upon fishing interests: we wish we could
add, "the interests of the public," in obtaining more and cheaper fish!

NEW CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL.

_December 12th, 1882._

The large and commodious building on the Embankment, which is the new
seat of the old "City of London School," was formally opened by the
Prince of Wales, accompanied by the Princess of Wales, on the 12th of
December, 1882. The Lord Mayor, in state, the masters of the principal
City Companies, and a large assembly of civic and educational notables
were present. The Lord Mayor having given an address on the history of
the school, and the work done by the Corporation in connection with it,
asked the Prince to dec