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Appendix A. 



THE LIVERPOOL MARINE BIOLOGY 

 COMMITTEE (1897). 



At the meeting of the Committee held in December, 

 1896, Lord Henniker and Mr. Hoyle were elected in place 

 of Sir Spencer Walpole and Mr. Vicars, resigned. 



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

 Prof. R. J. Harvey Gibson, M.A., F.L.S., Liverpool. 

 His Excellency Lord Henniker, Governor of the Isle 



of Man. 

 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. 

 W. E. Hoyle, Esq., M.A., Manchester. 

 A. Leicester, Esq., formerly of 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. 

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



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. 



