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Note on the " Fred. P. Pullar Memorial Prizes." 



Through the generosity of Sir John Murray, K.C.B., the 

 General Committee of the Marine Biological Association of the 

 West of Scotland have been enabled to offer the following prizes, 

 to be called the Fred. P. Pullar Memorial Prizes. They are 

 instituted in memory of the late Fred. P. Pullar, who was 

 associated with Sir John Murray in the Bathymetrical Survey 

 of the Scottish Fresh Water Lochs (see Geographical Journal, 

 April 1900, and March 1901), who took much interest in the 

 Millport Marine Station, and who lost his life in the unfortunate 

 ice accident on Airthrey Loch, Bridge of Allan, on February 15th 

 last. 



I. — A prize of £50 for a paper on the Seasonal Distribution 

 and Development of Pelagic Algae in the Waters of the 

 Clyde Sea Area. 



II. — A prize of £50 for a paper on the Beproduction, Develop- 

 ment, and Distribution in the Clyde Sea Area of the 

 Genera Nyctiphanes and Boreophausia (Crustacea Schizo- 

 poda). 



III. — A prize of £50 for a paper on the Formation and Distri- 

 bution of Glauconite in the deposits of the Clyde Sea 

 Area and the adjacent seas of Sc'otland. 



These prizes are open to investigators from any part of the 

 world who conduct observations in the several subjects at the 

 Millport Marine Station, and who produce, at any time before 

 January 1st, 1905, papers w^hich, in the opinion of a Committee 

 of three scientific men, to be nominated by the Committee of the 

 Association and by Sir John Murray, shall be deemed of sufficient 



