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Report of the Council, 1895-96. 



The Council. 



Four ordinary and two special meetings of the Council have been 

 held during the year. The average attendance at the meetings has been 

 9"5. A sub-committee of the Council visited and inspected tlie 

 Plymouth Laboratory on June 6th. 



No vacancy has occurred on the Council itself during the year, but 

 the Council has to deplore the loss of Prof. Huxley, tlie first President, 

 to whose efforts the successful launching of the Association, and the 

 assistance which it lias received from the Government, the City 

 Companies, and other public bodies, were largely due. 



The Council has to again thank the Eoyal Society and the Linnean 

 Society for permitting the meetings of the Association to be held in 

 their rooms. 



The Plymouth Laboratory. 



Considerable expense has been incurred during the year in repairing 

 the engines and pumps which supply sea-water to the Aquarium. The 

 fact that a circulation has to be continuously maintained causes con- 

 siderable wear and tear, and constant repairs are necessary to ensure 

 against the possibility of a breakdown. The buildings, fittings, and 

 machinery of the Laboratory are in good condition. 



The Boats. 



For the first nine months of the year the ordinary collecting work of 

 the Laboratory was done by the sailing -boat Anton Dohrn, supple- 

 mented from time to time by hired steam tugs. For the fishery 

 investigations conducted by Mr. Stead a small sailing trawler was 

 hired. 



The steam-launch Pansy has been sold to her former owner, and in 

 February last the Association purchased the steam fishing yacht Bustj 

 Bee from Mr. Treffry, of Fowey. This boat, which is GO feet long, and 

 has a gross tonnage of 22*5, is well adapted to the ordinary work of the 

 Association, and is as large a vessel as it would be possible to maintain 



