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cessful vessel for the work. She has been at sea throughout the year, 



and has experienced weather of all kinds without accident. 



The Oitliona worked at Plymouth during last summer. In October 



she was sent to Grimsby, where a new boiler is being placed on board, 



and the vessel is undergoing a thorough overhaul and refit. Some delay 



was experienced in commencing these repairs owing to lack of funds 



for the purpose. The Council have to thank the following persons for 



generously promising special contributions to enable the work to l)e 



proceeded with : — 



£ 



The Court of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers 200 



G. P. Bidder, Esq. . . ... 50 



T. H. Riches, Esq. . . ... 50 



J. Shaw, Esq. . . . . . 13 



Mrs. Bidder . . ... 5 



H. F. Bidder, Esq. . . ... 3 



The Staff. 



The only change which has taken place in the Staff of Naturalists 

 employed by the Association since the last general meeting has been 

 the appointment of Mr. J. 0. Borley, m.a., as an Assistant Naturalist at 

 Lowestoft in place of Mr. C. Forster Cooper, who has resigned. 



Occupation of Tables. 



The following Naturalists have occupied tables at the Laboratory 



during the year : — 



G. P. Bidder, M.A., Cambridge (Experiments for determining bottom 



currents). 

 W. R. G. Bond, M.A., Oxford (General Zoology). 

 Rev. A. Cole, Berkliamsted (General Zoolog}'). 

 A. D. Darbishire, M.A., Manchester (Sponges). 

 L. DoNCASTER, M.A., Camljridge. 

 G. P. Farran, B.A., Dublin (Plankton). 



E. G. Gardiner, Boston, Mass. (Rhabdocoels). 



F. W. W. Griffin, B.A., Cambridge (Embryology of Fishes), 

 ^[iss A. Kelly, Ph.D., Strassljurg (Invertebrate Phy.siology). 

 Rev. Dr. A. M. Norman, f.r.s., Berkliamsted (Crustacea). 

 Mrs. S. Pace, Plymouth (Polyzoa). 



Mi.9s E. Peacey, Oxford (General Zoology). 



Dr. C. Shearer, Cambridge (Development of Annelida). 



Miss I. SoLLAS, Cambridge (Echinoderma). 



J. SruAitT Thomson, Plymouth (Fishes). 



Prof. W. F. R. Weldon, f.r.s., Oxford (Variation of Mollusca). 



W. Woodland, T^niversity College, London (Echinoderma). 



Six students attended a course of study in Marine Biology conducted 

 at the Laboratory during the Easter vacation by Mr. L. Doncaster. 



