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Appendix A. 



THE LIVEKPOOL MARINE BIOLOGY 

 COMMITTEE (1896). 



R. D. Darbishire, Esq., B.A., F.G.S., Manchester. 

 Prof. R. J. Harvey Gibson, MA., F.L.S., Liverpool. 

 Prof. W. A. Herdman, D.Sc, F.R.S., F.L.S., Liverpool, 



Chairman of the L.M.B.C, and Hon. Director of 



the Biological Station. 

 Alfred Leicester, Esq., formerly of Southport and 



Liverpool. 

 Sir James Poole, J. P., Liverpool. 

 Dr. Isaac Roberts, F.R.S., formerly of Liverpool. 

 I. C. Thompson, Esq., F.L.S., Liverpool, Hon. Treasurer. 

 John Vicars, Esq., formerly of Bootle. 

 A. 0. Walker, Esq., F.L.S., J. P., Colwyn Bay. 

 Dr. Spencer Walpole, formerly Governor of the Isle of 



Man. 



CONSTITUTION OF THE L.M.B.C. 



(Established March 1885.) 



I. — The Object of the L.M.B.C. is to investigate the 

 Marine Fauna and Flora (and any related subjects such 

 as submarine geology and the physical condition of the 

 water) of Liverpool Bay and the neighbouring parts of 

 the Irish Sea; and if practicable to establish and maintain 

 a Biological Station on some convenient part of the 

 coast. 



