MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION ON PUFFIN ISLAND. 19 
specimens have been investigated the final reports for the 
proposed volume will be collected and published. 
This second volume of the “ Fauna”’ will contain sup- 
plementary reports by Mr. Thompson, Mr. Walker, Mr. 
Lomas, and others upon the groups they discussed in the 
former volume, and also a report upon the Fishes of 
the district by Mr. Moore, on the Diatomacese by Dr. 
Stolterfoth, on the other Alge by Mr. Harvey Gibson 
and by Prof. Phillips, on the Ostracoda by Mr. W. S5. 
McMillan, on the Echinodermata by Mr. Chadwick, on 
the Sponges by Dr. Hanitsch, and on various smaller 
groups by other authors. 
The appended list of subscriptions and donations for 
the year, and the treasurer’s balance sheet, show that 
although the Puffin Island institution is managed in a 
very economical manner, increased support will be 
necessary in order to keep the station in an efficient 
condition even on the present modest scale. In last 
year’s report it was stated that a fixed income of £100 
would be required to meet the necessary expenses. Our 
subscription list for the year falls short of that amount, 
and even with the strictest economy the expenditure has 
exceeded the income. The biological station 1s so useful, 
has shown such good results during its short existence 
and is so modest in its demands upon the general public, 
that the committee believe that they need only point out 
this unsatisfactory state of the finances in order to elicit 
a somewhat increased measure of support from those who 
are interested in the biological investigation of Liverpool 
Bay. 
