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glarinc lliologintl Association of tjjc ^niteb |aingbont. 



Report of the Council, 1899-1900. 



The Council and Officers. 



The four usual quarterly meetings of the Council have been held 

 during the year, at which the average attendance has been eight. Three 

 meetings have been held at the rooms of the Eoyal Society, and one at 

 the rooms of the Zoological Society. The Council desires to express its 

 thanks to both Societies for the hospitality shown. 



The Council has to record with deep regret the death of two of its 

 Vice-Presidents, both of whom took an active part in the foundation 

 of the Association in 1884, and have since that time taken great 

 interest in its welfare — His Grace the Duke of Argyll and Sir William 

 Flower, k.c.b. 



The Plymouth Laboratory. 



The buildings, fittings, and machinery at Plymouth are in good order, 

 with the exception of the small gas engine, the condition of which 

 is receiving the attention of the Council. The Laboratory is adequately 

 provided with the necessary apparatus for advanced research. 



Arrangements have been made for supplying sea-water, obtained 

 from the open sea beyond the Plymouth Breakwater, for special 

 experiments on the rearing of sea-fishes and other marine animals. 

 A tank-boat, having a carrying capacity of about 1,200 gallons, has 

 been purchased, and a Tangye's pump fixed near the shore, by means of 

 which the water is pumped from the boat to tanks placed on the upper 

 story of the west wing of the Laboratory building. From these tanks 

 the water is run through glass tubes to the main laboratory. The 

 woodwork of the tanks is not yet seasoned, and a practical trial of the 

 system has up to the present not been attempted. 



The Boats. 



The steamboat Busy Bee is in good order, and has not caused much 

 expense for repairs during the year. Owing to the great increase in 

 the price of coal it was found necessary to lay her up for a period 

 during the winter, and the collecting work was then done by the sailing 

 boat Anton Dohrn. 



