304 REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



General Report, 



Mr. Cunningham's memoir on the natural history of marketable food 

 fishes, to which reference was made in the last Report, having assumed 

 a larger and more complete form than was at first intended, it has been 

 decided to issue it as a book. The work will be very fully illustrated, 

 and arrangements have been made by which it will be published for the 

 Association by Messrs. Macmillan and Co. 



During the summer of last year Mr. Cunningham, in addition to a 

 prolonged stay at Grimsby, visited Scarborough, Lowestoft, and other 

 fishing centres on the East Coast, and by thus extending the field of 

 observation, was able to supplement the work done by Mr. Holt in 

 some important particulars. 



Mr. Stead has been carrying out trawling experiments in the Bays on 

 the South Coast of Devon, which are at present closed to trawlers, with 

 a view to determining the nature of the fish populations which they 

 contain at various times of the year. 



The ordinary dredging and trawling work carried on from the 

 Plymouth Laboratory has been extended to the deeper water between 

 the Eddystone Eocks and Start Point, and material is being collected 

 for the compilation of a detailed chart of the various grounds iu this 

 area, showing the nature of the bottom and the kinds and proportions 

 of the inhabitants at each spot. 



Occupation of Tables. 



The following naturalists engaged in research work have occupied 



tables in the Plymouth Laboratory during the year : 



P. Barthels, Ph.D., Bonn (Ecliinodermata). 



W. I. Beaumont, B.A., Cambridge (Faunistic Researches). 



A. Bethe, Ph.D., Berlin (Nervou.'* System of Crustacea). 



G. Bidder, M.A., Camlnidge (Sj^onges). 



G. Brebner, Royal College of Science (Marine Alga;). 



E. T. Browxe, B.A., University College, London (Medusae). 



A. H. Church, B.A., Oxford (Marine Alga)). 



W. Garstang, M.A., Oxford (Marine Biononucs). 



J. D. Gilchrist, B.Sc. Ph.D., Edinburgh (Nervous System of Mollusca). 



T. V. Hodgson, Mason College (Anijiliij)oda). 



T. H. Riches, B.A., Camljridge (Development of Nemertines). 



T. H. Taylor, M.A., Yorkshire College, Leeds (Polyzoa), 



W. F. R. AVeldon, M.A., University College, London (Variation of Crabs). 



An important development of the usefulness of the Laboratory has 

 been made by tlie establishment of vacation classes for advanced 

 university students. Courses of study iu Marine Biology have been 

 conducted by Mr. W. Garstang, who was for many years a member of 

 the Association's staff. Eighteen students have taken advantage of this 

 arrangement during the year, the class held at Easter numbering fifteen. 



