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glitrint ^tolorjrcal Association of tlje ^Initcb l^ingbom. 



Report of the Council, 1894-95. 



The Council. 



The Council has met on ten occasions during the past year for the 

 transaction of the business of the Association. The average attendance 

 at the meetings has been 7*5. Meetings of Special Committees have 

 also been held as occasion required. 



For various reasons, it is proposed in the future to hold only four 

 Council Meetings in each year, unless special occasion should arise for 

 increasing their number. 



Dr. A. Gunther, F.E.S., who had been a member of the Council since 

 its formation in 188-1, resigned his seat in the course of the Session, 

 owing to pressure of other occupations, and was elected a Vice-President 

 of the Association. Mr. 6. C. Bourne, of New College, Oxford, was 

 elected to fill his place. 



The Council has again to acknowledge the courtesy displayed by the 

 Eoyal Society and the Linn?ean Society, in permitting the meetings of 

 the Association to be held in their rooms. 



The Plymouth Laboratory. 



The defects in the large reservoirs, referred to in the last Report, 

 have been made good by draining and cementing on the south side. 



Some considerable trouble was given last year by a fracture in the 

 large pipe which leads seawards from the ejector; this had been 

 presumably caused by a vessel having dragged her anchor over it ; 

 the repairs, which necessitated the employment of a diver, have been 

 carried out satisfactorily. 



The Council is now able to give a satisfactory report of the condition 

 of the buildings, fittings, and machinery of the Laboratory. 



The Boats. 



During the past year the greater part of the work of collection of 

 specimens at sea has been carried out by hired steam-tugs, supple- 



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