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surface plankton in the smaller station boat. While 

 hauling in the tow-net, when returning, the boat capsized, 

 and both men were thrown into the water. One of 

 them (Mr. E. J. \V. Harvey, of Liverpool) was picked 

 up by the other boat from the Biological Station, but 

 his companion (Mr. Eric T. Townsend, of Prestwich) 

 was unfortunately drowned before assistance could reach 

 him. The body was eventually recovered. Mr. Townsend 

 was a student of the Owens' College, and was the occu- 

 pant of the College work-table at the Biological Station 

 for the Easter vacation. He was a promising Student, 

 keenly interested in his biological work, and much 

 esteemed by his fellow- workers. The party broke up 

 after this sad occurrence. It is the first serious 

 accident of any kind that has taken place on the L.M.B.C. 

 expeditions or at their Biological Station during the 

 fifteen years of work. 



Notes on Work done at the Station. 



A good deal of the Laboratory work this year has been 

 not so much that of Specialists as of Advanced Students, 

 which is not intended for publication, and in regard to 

 which little that is of interest can be said. Two of the 

 other workers, Mr. I. C. Thompson, F.L.S., and Mr. J. T. 

 Jenkins, B.Sc, have given me special notes about 

 Copepoda and Fishes, which will be inserted at the end of 

 this section. Of those that remain : — Mr. A. B. Jackson, 

 B.Sc, was engaged in adding to his list of Arachnids of 

 the district, and met with some success ; Mr. F. J. Cole 

 continued his studies on the budding of Compound 

 Ascidians, and collected and preserved much material 

 for future work in Liverpool ; and Mr. H. S. Harrison, 

 B.Sc, has written me a letter telling of the Hydroid and 

 Medusoid material that he collected, and ending with the 



