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��A abRrp gale froni tke soutLwurd, and heavy iea, now set in. preventing further work; anil, iftBr waiting two days for the weatber to moderate, the Albatrosa procaeiled on her way, taking several king- tish with trol ling-lines as she paa»ed along the Florida rwfs. Having taken in eoal at Key We»t, she sailed on the 15tb for Havana, where she arrived llie next (lay. Notwithstanding the rough and uneven bot- tom, several hauls were made with the beam-trawl in ST fathoms, on Iba aftenioou of the 15lh, with excetleitt results. The next Bve days were occupied in dally trips out o{ Havana, and the constant use of the tallies and beam-trawl upon the ' Pentacriuus' ground. Thirty-two hauls, in all, were made, bring- ing up a large supply of sea-lilles, besides an immense variety of other things, and one specimen of sea-lily supposed to represent a new genus.

Leaving Ilavana on the 20th, the surface tow-net was pnt over ou two successive evenings just after dark, with poor results, there being Tcry little surface life. On the 2Ist two hauls (heam-trawl) were made In 420 auil 423 fathonu, north of the western end of Cnba, with fair results, notwithstanding coral patches on the bottom. Two wrecks, one a Spanish man-of- war, were seen on Colorado reefs. On the 32d sent down tangles, and afterward small beam-trawl, in 167 fathoms, off the eastern end of Arrowsmith Banks, withexcellenlrosnlts. including mauy forms unknown to those on board.

After a weeic spent in studying the fauna of Cot- umel Island, oS the east coast of Yucatan, the Al- batross, on the 29th, visited the south-west end of theiahtnd; and. while the gunning and seining parties went ashore, the ahip stood off shore, and took two hauls each with the trawl and with taugles in from 137 to 231 fathoms. The tangles brought up many forms new to the party, but the trawls were not successful. Having picked up the shore parlies, the ship stood away for the Campeache Banks, and made seven hauls with the beam-trawl, getting many forms new to those on board, besides using the tangles and hand-lines. It had been Intended to remain here for several days; but the occurrence of a case of typhoid- fever on board made it desirable to get the sick man into hospital as soon as possible, and Pensacola was headed for as the nearest. Tiiere coal was taken aboard, the sick man landed, and the ship sailed again, Feb. 6, to explore the banks o9 Cape San Bias. On the way out from Peusacola, the three-masted schooner, Fanny Whitman, of Rockland, Me., was dis- covered ashore In a dangerous position, with distress- signals flying. She was towed off and set adoat ; and on the 7th, Bshing-lines, langles, and trawls were put over on the banks (27 fathoms) with satisfactory results. Bed groupers were found with ovaries dis- tended, but none fully ripe. Ketuming to Pensacola on the (Hh, the ahip sailed again for New Orleans on the 10th, taking soundings every Sve miles from latitude 2&° 27' north, longitude 87° 44' west, in a south-south-west direction, to latitude 25° 54' north, longitude 88" 2" west (688 fathoms), and running other lines in various directions, east and west, with- out finding any bank or shoal, and generally conflrm-

��ingthe loundingt of the coast-survey chart. Thrfl haulsof lliobeam-trawl.brlnglneupmanyspecimen unknown to those on board, were made about latitudes •20° 10' north, longitude 88° 15' west. This locality^ was found to be so promising, that it will be re hereafter.

After ninning another line of soundings in ths j direction of New Orleans, the Albatross c anchor oti Algiers on the morning ot the 13th of '| February.

��TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION TN AMERICA.

ItoYAt. commissioners were appointed in EnglanffV on Aug. 25, 1882, " to Inquire Into the instruction ol"^ the industrial classes of certain foreign c tecliuical and other subjects," and " into the influ- ence of such Instruction on manufacturing and other industries at borne and abroad." A thin octavo report issued In 1882, and a very voluminous report issued in ISSl, contain the results of the tnves^g*^ j tions of the commission. In vol. ii. of the » report is contained the report on technical educatioa In Canada and the United Stales, compiled by Hm William Mather of Saltord, Eng., a well-known mano^ facturer, who has indicated his enthusiasm tor t« cal instruction by the establishment of a well-«quim school for apprentices employed at his works,

Mr. Mather arrived in New York on May 23, ISS and, after a six-montfas' tour through the states a the BriUsh possessions, returned to England o 1, iu the same year. Special inquiries were made \t, him upon the subject of technical and induatil education iu twenty-two different cities, includia San Francisco, Richmond, and the most Import! intervening cities. Not less than one hundred ei cational institutions and manufacturing establil raonts were visited, but reports were made t upon the typical institutions visited. Mr. Mat has divided the results of his Inquiries Into f

1°. A general view of the public schools in d and counties, and a description of the scientific ti ing In the colleges and universities in the ?

2°. The technical, industrial, and manual I ing-schools and art-schools.

3", The effect of these institutions on the tnd< tries of the country, through the intelligence of l| proprietors, foremen, and work-people.

4°. The influences and institutions, other t schools, tending to the advancement and h ment of the industrial population.

There is also an appendix to the report, coi statistical information, letters from prominent C cators, and abstracts of methods of instmctiOD-fl different places,

SkdiiiI rrport of Ike roi/al cammltiianirt oi ilmcllon. Vdl. a. No. a. Report on tetbntoil •ducUlon ll rnlled 8ial» of Amarloa ond ObohiIii. By Wm London, K^t i SpoMimeir, 18U.

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