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The Boats. 



The Busij Bee has been working continuously and successfully during 

 the year, and has proved a valuable addition to the equipment of the 

 Laboratory. She has recently been fitted with a strong steam winch, 

 which has greatly added to her efficiency for trawling work. 



The sailing boat Anton Dohrn has also been used from time to time 

 for collecting-work in Plymouth Sound. 



The Staff. 



Mr. J. T. Cunningham has left the service of the Association during 

 the year, and has been appointed Lecturer to the Technical Education 

 Committee of the Cornwall County Council. 



Mr. R B. Stead, who had been working at fishery problems at 

 Plymouth, having resigned his position as Assistant Naturalist, Mr. W. 

 Garstang has been appointed Naturalist in charge of the fishery 

 investigations of the Association. Owing to the increased expenditure 

 in connection with our fishery work which is involved in this change, 

 the Council has found it impossible to renew Mr. T. V. Hodgson's 

 appointment as Director's Assistant for the coming year. 



Mr. E. W. L. Holt, having offered his services to the Association, 

 has been appointed an Honorary Naturalist on the staff, and will be 

 engaged in investigations connected with the life histories and distribu- 

 tion of fishes. 



The Library. 



The list of periodicals regularly purchased for the Library has been 

 increased by the addition of the Journal of Morphology, the Arehiv fiXr 

 Mikroskoinschc Anatomie, and the Arehiv filr Entwickelungsmechanik. 



Prof. Gustav Ketzius has presented the Association with copies of his 

 valuable publications, Bioloyische Untersitchungcn, Neue-Folge, which deal 

 chiefiy with the histological structure of the nervous system. The 

 thanks of the Council are also due to the lioyal Society, the Zoological 

 Society, the Royal Microscopical Society, the United States Com- 

 missioner of Fish and Fisheries, and many other societies and individuals, 

 for copies of their publications. 



General Report. 



Mr. Cunningham's book on the Natural History of the Marketable 

 Marine Fishes of the British Islands was published in the autumn 

 by Messrs. Macmillan and Co, The work has met with a most 

 favourable reception from the press, and appears to meet a popular 

 want. 



