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Report of the Council, 1897-98. 



The Council and Officers. 



Four ordinary meetings of the Council have been held during the 

 year, at which the average attendance has been 9. 



The Council records with regret the death of Lord Revelstoke, who 

 for the past eight years has been one of the Vice-Presidents of the 

 Association, and rendered it much valuable assistance in connection 

 with dredging and oyster culture in the river Yealm, near Plymouth. 



The Council has again to acknowledge the courtesy of the Royal 

 Society in granting the use of its rooms for the meetings of the 

 Association. 



The Plymouth Laboratory. 



The buildings, fittings, and machinery have been maintained in good 

 condition. 



An apparatus designed for the purpose of keeping pelagic animals 

 alive in small aquaria, by maintaining a constant movement in the 

 water, has been fitted up in the Laboratory, and has given satisfactory 

 results. This apparatus was originally designed by Mr. E. T. Browne, 

 in conjunction with the Director of the Laboratory, for keeping 

 medusa? in a healthy condition, and amongst the animals which have 

 been successi'ully reared through their larval stages to the adult !brin 

 are ChcetopUrus, Cladonema radiatiim (hydioid reared from the 

 medusa), Syncoryne sjh (from the medusa), Nika cdulis, and Capitella 

 capitaia. 



The Boats. 



The Busy Bee has been constantly at work, and a great deal of 

 dredging and trawling has been satisfactorily done in the immediate 

 neighbourhood of Plymouth, especially around the Eddystone. In 

 addition to this, expeditions have been made to the eastward to 



