xHi Annual Report of tJie Council. 



the presentment of the results worthy of their scientific import- 

 ance. He claimed to be the only living man who had read the 

 whole of the 29,000 and odd pages, and it is unlikely that any 

 one will desire to emulate him in this achievement. 



He was part author of the " Narrative of the Cruise," and 

 contributed the " Report on the Deep-sea Deposits," in collabora- 

 tion with his friend the late Abbe Renard. In this he stoutly 

 maintained the theory of the permanence of ocean basiiis, first 

 propounded by Dana. 



His interest in oceanography did not cease with the work in 

 the "Challenger" expedition; he founded marine laboratories 

 at Granton, on the Firth of Forth, and at Millport, on the Firth 

 of Clyde, made expeditions to the Faroe Channel in the 

 "Knight Errant" and "Triton," and more recently undertook 

 a voyage with his friend Dr. Johan Hjort in the Norwegian 

 fishing steamer "Michael Sars," himself defraying the cost of 

 the cruise. The results were published in a volume entitled, 

 "The Depths of the Ocean" (1912). 



In 1898, in collaboration with Mr. Fred Pullar, he under- 

 took a bathymetrical survey of the fresh-water lochs of Scotland, 

 and continued the work on the death of his friend as a memorial 

 to him, his father, Mr. Laurence Pullar, contributing towards 

 the expenses. 



Sir John Murray was also one of the {promoters of the Pen 

 Nevis Observatory and took a leading part in the scientific 

 investigation of Christmas Island, and became chairman of a 

 company which exploited its rich phosphatic deposits with great 

 success. 



As might be expected, Murray's distinguished services to 

 science were recognised by numerous authorities both at home 

 and abroad. He was created K.C.P. in 1898 and received the 

 Royal Prussian Order "Pour le Merite " and the Grand Cross 

 of the Norwegian Order of St. Olav, as well as numerous medals 

 of learned societies and university degrees. 



In 1889 Sir John Murray married Isabel, only daughter of 



