392 HEPOKT OF THE COUNCIL. 



The collecting at Plymouth during the winter was done with 

 the sailing boat Anton Dohrn. 



The work in the North Sea in connection with the International 

 Investigations has been again carried out by the Huxley. 



The Staff. 



Mr. S. Pace, who for the last three years has efficiently occupied the 

 post of Assistant Naturalist for Invertebrates at Plymouth, was 

 recently appointed Director of the Marine Biological Laboratory at 

 Millport on the Clyde, and is consequently leaving the service of the 

 Association. There have been no other changes in the staff. 



Occupation of Tables. 



The following Naturalists have occupied tables at the Laboratory 

 during the year : — 



G. P. Bidder, m.a., C^ajubridge (Experiments fur determining bottom 



currents). 

 E. T. Browne, m.a., London (Medusae). 

 A. D. Cotton, Kew (Algae). 

 Sir Charles Eliot, K.c.M.(i. (Nudibranchiata). 

 G. H. Grosvenor, m.a., Oxford (Nudibranchiata). 

 T. V. Hodgson, Plymouth (Pycnogonida). 

 J. J. Lister, f.r.s., Cambridge (Foraniinifera). 

 Prof, E. W. MacBride, f.r.s., Montreal (Echinoderma). 

 Mrs. S. Pace, Plymouth (Polyzoa). 

 J. Lloyd Williams, Bangor (Algae). 



Six students attended a course of study in Marine Biology conducted 

 at the Laboratory during the Easter vacation by Mr. G. H. Grosvenor. 



The Library. 



The thanks of the Association are due for the followincj books and 

 current numljers of periodicals presented to the Library during the 

 past year: — 



Academie Imp. des Sciences de St. Petersbourg. Bulletin. 

 Allgemeine Fischerei-Zeitung. 

 American Mici'oscopical Society. Transactions. 

 American Museum of Natural History. Bulletin. 



Memoirs. 



American Philosophical Society. Proceedings. 

 Annaes de Sciencias Natiwaes. 

 Australian Museum. Records, 

 liorgens .Museum. Aarbog. 



Hydrographical and Biological Investigations in Norwegian Fiords. 



An Accouiit of the Crustacea of Norway, etc. ; by G. O. Sars. 



Beruice Pauahi Bislioji Museum, Honolulu. Occasional Papers. 



