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M^xm biological ^.ssoriation d i\t Itniteb laingbom. 



Report of the Council, 1909-10. 



The Council and Officers. 



Four ordinary meetings and one special meeting of the Council have 

 been held during the year at which the average attendance has been 

 thirteen. A Committee of the Council visited and inspected the 

 Plymouth Laboratory. 



The Council desire to express their thanks to the Councils of the 

 Eoyal Society and of the Linnean Society, in whose rooms their meet- 

 ings have been held. 



The work in connection with the International Fishery Investiga- 

 tions, which the Council has been carrying out during the last seven 

 years for His Majesty's Clovernment, has now been taken over by the 

 Board of Agriculture and Fisheries. 



The Plymouth Laboratory. 



The Laboratory, including the pumps and engines used for circu- 

 lating sea-water through the tanks, has been maintained in an efficient 

 state. An air-circulation from a pump worked by the gas engine has 

 been rearranged in such a way that an abundant supply of pure air is 

 now available for use in small aquaria and experimental tanks. 



The Boats. 



The steam trawler Huxley, which has been used for work in connec- 

 tion with the Internationa] Investigations, has been sold. 



The Oithona was again fitted out for summer work at the Plymouth 

 Laboratory, Captain J. Tucker, who has been in charge of the Huxlcij, 

 being in command. 



The winter collecting has been done as usual with the sailing Ijoat 

 Anton Dohrn. 



The Staff. 



Messrs. Borley, Todd, Wallace, Heftbrd, Atkinson, and Wollaston 

 and Miss Lee have accepted service under the Board of Agriculture 

 and Fisheries in connection with the International Investigations. 



