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end of the English Channel (from the Isle of Wight to the Straits 

 of Dover). 



The results both of the hydrographical and of the plankton work 

 suggest that during the period under investigation there was on the 

 whole a constant passage of water from the Channel into the southern 

 part of the Nortii Sea, but the rate at wbieh this passage took place 

 must have been very slow. 



In conclusion, the Council of the Marine Bioloiiical Association 

 would take this opportunity of expressing their indebtedness to all who 

 have assisted them during the course of these investigations, to those 

 who have acted as their agents for the receipt of marked fish returned 

 by the fishermen at the different ports, and more especially to the 

 fishermen themselves, as well as to those olticers of the mercantile 

 marine who have supplied samples ol sea water and taken observations 

 of its temperature in different localities. 



I am, Sir, 



Your obedient Servant, 



Marine Biological Laboratory, E. J. ALLEN, 



Plymouth, Director and Secretary to the Council. 



2 August, 1905. 



List of Memoirs which accompany the above Report. 



General Report on the Fishery Investigations. By Walter Garstang, M.A. pp. 1-12. 



Rejwrt on Experirnents with Marked Fish during 1902-3. By Walter Garstang. 

 With 31 Detailed Tables, 2 Api)endice8, and 6 Charts, pp. 13-44. 



Experiments in the Transplantation of Small Plaice to the Dogger Bank. By Walter 

 Gar.stanq. With 1 Chart, 2 Illustrations in Text, and 3 Detailed Tables pp.45-66. 



Report on the Trawling Investigations, 1902-3, with especial reference to the distribution 

 of the Plaice. By Walter Garstang. With 6 Figures in the Text, 2 Appendices, 

 4 Detailed Tables, and 2 Charts, pp. 67-198. 



Preliminary Investigations on the Age and Growth-Rate of Plaice. By William 

 Wallace, D.Sc. With Diagrams (Figs. 1-4) in Text, Tables A and B and I.-VII. 

 in Text, and Plate I. pp. 199-22G. 



Rei^ort on the Food of Fishes collected during 1903. By R. A. Todd, B.Sc. pp. 227-288. 



Report on the Physical Conditions in the English Channel, 1903. By Donald J. 

 Matthews. With 6 Plates, pp. 289-324. 



Report on the Plankton, of the English Channel, 1 903. By Lewis H. Gouqh, Ph.D. 

 Witli 16 Charts and 7 Figures in the Text. pp. 325-377. 



