150 director's report. 



comparatively small quantities of water could be supplied. We have 

 now obtained a tank-boat, capable of carrying about 1,200 gallons, which 

 can be towed by our own steamer. A Tangyes pump (5" x 3" x 12") has 

 been fixed on the rocks below the Laboratory, and is worked by com- 

 pressed air from our gas engine in the basement. Two wooden tanks, 

 each capable of holding 500 gallons, have been placed on the top story 

 of the western block of the building, and the pump delivers the water 

 from the boat into these tanks. From the tanks it is carried in a glass 

 tube to the main laboratory, where it can be distributed as required- 

 The whole arrangement, which we are just getting into working order, 

 has involved an expenditure of about £150. Towards this amount 

 £100 has been obtained from a Founder's subscription kindly given by 

 Mr. G. P. Bidder, the balance being met out of the ordinary income of 

 the year. 



The Library has recently grown considerably. A large number of 

 books and pamphlets, chiefly dealing with Hydrozoa and Polyzoa, were 

 purchased from the library of the late Eev. Thomas Hincks, and Mrs. 

 Hincks has since presented many additional pamphlets. 



In the present number of the Journal the recommendations adopted 

 by the important International Fisheries Conference, which met last 

 year at Stockholm, have been reprinted for general information. So far 

 as I am aware, no steps have yet been taken by the various Govern- 

 ments represented for the practical carrying out of the recommendations 

 of the Conference, and it is of the greatest importance that the matter 

 should not be lost sight of. 



There will be found on pp. 115 to 135 a list of the various papers 

 and notes published between 1886 and 1899, which contain the results 

 of work done under the auspices of the Marine Biological Association 

 in the Laboratory at Plymouth or on the North Sea Coast. This list 

 has been arranged according to the subjects treated of, and will not 

 only serve to indicate the great number of questions which from time 

 to time have occupied the attention of investigators at Plymouth, 

 but will also be of value to future workers by bringing together 

 observations upon allied subjects, which are at present much scattered. 



E. J. Allen. 



June, 1900. 



