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Report of the Council, 1896-97. 



The Council and Officers. 



Four ordinary meetings of the Council have been held, at which 

 the average attendance has been eight. The Plymouth Laboratory 

 was visited and inspected by a committee appointed by the Council 

 on June 26th. 



The Council has heard with great regret from Mr. E. L. Beckwith 

 that he feels compelled, owing to declining health, to resign the office of 

 Honorary Treasurer, the duties of which he has carried out with such 

 advantage to the Association during the last eight years. The Council 

 is glad to know that it will still have Mr. Beckwith's advice and 

 assistance as a Governor of the Association, representing the Fish- 

 mongers' Company. 



The Council proposes Mr. John Amory Travers, a Warden of the 

 Fishmongers' Company, for election as Honorary Treasurer in succession 

 to Mr. Beckwith. 



The thanks of the Council are again due to the Royal Society for 

 allowing the meetings of the Association to be held in their rooms. 



The Plymouth Laboratory. 



The buildings, iittings, and machinery of the Laboratory have been 

 maintained in good condition. The only repairs of importance which 

 have been necessary have been in connection with the renewal of a 

 considerable portion of the sea-water supply pipe, which was destroyed 

 by the stranding of the s s. Ariel on the rocks below the Laboratory in 

 December. The expenses of these repairs have been met by the owners 

 of the vessel. 



