1138 OYSTERS, AND ALL ABOUT THEM. 



effected it proposes to erect similar laboratories on the 

 Irish and Scotch coasts. The Association comprises all 

 the leading naturalists of the country. His Royal High- 

 ness the Prince of Wales has signified the special interest 

 which he takes in its objects by becoming its patron ; 

 Professor Huxley is its president, and among its officers 

 and council are such names as those of the Duke of Argyll, 

 the Marquis of Hamilton, Lord Dalhousie, Lord Walsing- 

 ham, Sir John Lubbock, Professors Moseley, Flower, 

 M'Intosh, Lankester, Milnes Marshall, Giinther, Thiselton 

 Dyer, and others. At present the men of science have 

 been the largest contributors to the building and main- 

 tenance fund. Ten thousand pounds are needed, of which 

 two thousand have already been subscribed. Public 

 spirited men, whether specially concerned with science 

 or not, should surely come forward to help the Association 

 with the needful money. A donor of ^500 to the Associ- 

 ation becomes a " governor ' : and permanent member of 

 its council. Smaller sums entitle the subscriber to life- 

 membership of the Association. The public cannot expect 

 naturalists, who are by no means a wealthy class, to 

 provide themselves all the money required to carry out 

 the great national enterprise which the Marine Biological 

 Association has taken in hand. Naturalists will do the 

 work and have done their best to help in finding the 

 money, but it is for those who have larger pecuniary 

 resources to back up the efforts of the scientific specialists, 

 and to follow the example of the Prince of Wales in con- 

 tributing to the realization of the objects of the Marine 

 Biological Association, which promises to be of the utmost 

 importance both to the science of natural history and to 

 practical fishing industry. The treasurer of the Associa- 

 tion is Mr. Frank Crisp, 6, Old Jewry, E.G. 



