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Publications. 



During the past year the following papers dealing with 

 biological work in the L.M.B.C. District have been 

 published : — 



1. The Twelfth Annual Keport (Trans. Biol. Soc, 

 vol. XIII., pp. 21—65), with illustrations, 1898. 



2. The Sea-Fisheries Laboratory Eeport for 1898 

 (Trans. Biol. Soc, vol. XIII., pp. 69 — 155, and Plates I. 

 and II). By W. A. Herdman, Andrew Scott and James 

 Johnstone, with additional Articles by R. L. Ascroft, C. A. 

 Kohn, F. W. Gamble and F. W. Keeble, 1899. 



3. List of the Araneida of Port Erin and District. By 

 A. E. Jackson (Trans. Biol. Soc, vol. XIII., pp. 66 — 68), 

 1899. 



4. Note on Mid-Winter Surface and Deep Tow-Nettings 

 in the Irish Sea. By I. C. Thompson (Trans. Biol. Soc, 

 vol. XIIL, pp. 156—162), 1899. 



5. Lancashire Sea-Fisheries Memoir, No. I. Oysters 

 and Disease. By W. A. Herdman and R. Boyce; pp. 60, 

 and eight Plates ; quarto. G. Philip and Sons, London 

 and Liverpool, 1899. 



6. L.M.B.C. Memoirs, No. I. Ascidia. By W. A. 

 Herdman; pp. viii. and 60, and five Plates; octavo. Dobb 

 and Co., Liverpool, 1899. 



This last item brings us to the consideration of our last 

 new series of publications : — 



The L.M.B.C. Memoies. 



It will be remembered that in last year's Report I pro- 

 posed a scheme for the issue of a series of special 

 Memoirs upon typical British marine plants and animals. 



In our twelve years experience of a Biological Station 

 (five years at Puffin Island and seven at Port Erin), where 



