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Report of the Council, 1907-8. 



The Council and Officers. 



Four ordinary and one special meetings of the Council have been 

 held during the year, at which the average attendance has been ten. 



All the meetings have been held in the rooms of the Royal Society 

 at Burlington House, and the Council desire again to express their 

 thanks to the Royal Society for the use of these rooms. 



Committees of the Council have visited and inspected the Labora- 

 tories at Plymouth and Lowestoft, and have reported favourably on 

 the condition of buildings and boats. 



The Committee on Fishery.Investigations, appointed by the Treasury 

 to inquire into the future conduct of such investigations in the United 

 Kingdom, have visited the Plymouth and Lowestoft Laboratories and 

 inspected the steam-trawler Hiixhy. Evidence was given before this 

 Committee on behalf of the Association by Sir E. Ray Lankester, 

 Dr. A. E. Shipley, Mr. J. A. Travers, Prof. G. C. Bourne, Dr. G. H. 

 Fowler, Dr. H. R. Mill, Dr. E. J. Allen, Prof. W. Garstang, and 

 Mr. D. J. Matthews. 



The Laboratories. 



A number of necessary repairs to the building and to the aquarium 

 tanks at the Plymouth Laboratory have been carried out during the 

 year, and a new centrifugal pump has been fitted for circulating the 

 sea-water through the tanks. The main laboratory, the library and 

 other portions of the building have been colour-washed. 



The work of the Lowestoft Laboratory has been conducted in the 

 same house as last year. 



