MAEINE BIOLOGICAL STATION AT PORT EllIN. 27 



will in the absence of Members represent the Connnittee, 

 will carry on observational and experimental work under 

 the Director, collect and preserve specimens for the 

 investigations of the speciaHsts, and for the supply of 

 laboratories and museums, and, so far as possible, help 

 any of the workers, who require it, in collecting material 



and in their investiga- 

 tions. The Committee 

 are aware that this 

 appointment will be a 

 considerable drain upon 

 their slender resources, 

 but they are convinced 

 that the presence of a 

 resident curator would 



advantage 



be of such 



iMg. 9. A^WCollectu^g Ground at low tide. ^^ ^^^OSe working at the 



Station, that they feel it is their duty to make an effort to 

 supply the necessary salary. 



Station Kecord. 



During the half-year, from the opening of the Station in 

 June to the present month, the following naturalists have 

 worked at the laboratory : — 



DATE. 

 1892. 

 June. 



Mr. I. C. Thompson, F.L.S., Liverpool ... Copepoda. 



Mr. A. 0. Walker, F.L.S., Colwyn Bay .. Ampliipoda. 



Sir James Poole, Liverpool General. 



Mr. A. Leicester, Southport Mollusea. 



Mr. J. Vicars, Bootle, General. 



Prof. W. A. Herdman, F.K.S., U.C.L'pool... Tunicata. 



Mr. R. J. Harvey Gibson, F.L.S., U.C.L. ... Algae. 



Dr. R. Hanitsch, Univ. Coll., Liverpool ... Sponges. 



Prof. E. F. Weiss, Owens Coll., M'chester ... Alg*, &c. 



