2 LIVERPOOL MARINE BIOLOGY COMMITTEE REPORT. 



bourhood, the arrangement of details being left in the hands 

 of a small committee." The following gentlemen were then 

 appointed as the Liverpool Marine Biology Committee : — 



F. Archer, Esq., B.A., Crosby. 



R. D. Darbishire, Esq., B.A., F.G-.S., Manchester. 



R. J. Harvey Gibson, Esq., M.A., F.R.S.E., University 



College, Liverpool. 

 Professor Herdman, D.Sc, F.R.S.E., F.L.S., Univer- 

 sity College, Liverpool. 

 Rev. H. H. Higgins, M.A., Free Public Museum, 



Liverpool. 

 A. Leicester, Esq., Waterloo. 

 Professor A. Milnes Marshall, D.Sc, F.R.S., Owens' 



College, Manchester. 

 T. J. Moore, Esq., C.M.Z.S., Curator, Free Public 



Museum, Liverpool. 

 James Poole, Esq., J. P., Liverpool. 

 Isaac Roberts, Esq., F.G.S., Maghull. 

 I. C. Thompson, Esq., F.R.M.S., Liverpool. 

 A. 0. Walker, Esq., F.L.S., Chester. 

 This Committee resolved to make arrangements for — 

 1st, organising dredging, tow-netting, and other 



collecting expeditions ; 

 2nd, the examination and description of the speci- 

 mens obtained ; and, 

 3rd, the publication of the results. 

 It was intended at first to obtain subscriptions from those 

 interested in the work for the purpose of hiring a steam-tug 

 for the dredging expeditions, but, owing to the liberality of a 

 few gentlemen in placing suitable vessels at the disposal of 

 the Committee, that step has not yet been found necessary. 



Early in April, a letter was received from Mr. George 

 Holt ofiering to provide a steam-tug for the first dredging 



