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pendent scientific researches in the Laboratory since the date of the 

 last report : — 



Mr. W. F. R. Weldon, M.A., F.R.S., St. John's College, Cam- 

 bridge {Decapod Crustacea) ; Dr. G. H. Fowler, B.A.Oxon. (Studies in 

 Descent) ; Mr. M. C. Potter, M.A.Cantab. (Marine Algae) ; Mr. S. F. 

 Harmer, M.A.Cantab. (Development of Polyzoa) ; Mr. T. T. Grroom, 

 B.A.Cantab. {Girrhipedia) ; The Rev. Canon A. M. Norman, D.C.L. 

 (Crustacean Fauna) ; Mr. A. O. Walker, F.L.S. [Amphipoda] -, Prof. 

 T. Johnson, B.Sc.Lond. [Floridese) ; Mr. A. E. Shipley, M.A.Cantab. 

 (Gephyrea) ; Dr. Hans Driescli, Jena (Heliotropism in Hydroidea) ; 

 Mr. P. C. Mitchell, B.A.Oxon. (Histology of Tunicata) ; Mr. T. H. 

 Riches, B.A.Cantab. (Nephridia of Mollusca and Crustacea) ; Mr. 

 Herbert Thompson, B.A.Cantab. (Development of Crustacea) ; Miss 

 Marion G-reenwood, Newnham College, Cambridge (Physiological 

 Studies) ; Miss L. Ackroyd, Newnham College, Cambridge (Morpho- 

 logy of Nehalia). 



3. Among the receipts of the past year the Council have to ac- 

 knowledge the following subscriptions and donations : — £100 from 

 Lord Revelstoke ; £100 from Sir Henry Thompson ; £100 from the 

 Grocers' Company ; £200 from the Fishmongers' Company (annual 

 grant for five years) ; £500 from H.M. Treasury (annual grant for 

 five years). 



From annual subscriptions and compositions £143 was received, 

 £61 interest on investments, and £185 for rent of tables and sale 

 of specimens. 



The expenditure, as shown in the Treasurer's account presented 

 herewith, amounted to £2924, of which £398 was paid to Mr. Inglis 

 for balance of his fees as engineer, £417 for structural alterations 

 and additions, £112 for bait investigation, and £250 for a steam- 

 launch. 



The Association now has in hand, in cash and invested, £1398, 

 excluding the trust funds. 



The Council have great pleasure in acknowledging the generous 

 assistance which has lately been afi^orded to the Association by the 

 Fishmongers' Company, by Mr. J. P. Thomasson, M.P., and Mr. 

 Frank Crisp. 



The Fishmongers' Company, in addition to substantial grants 

 which they have already made to the Association, have undertaken 

 to contribute £400 per annum to the funds of the Association for a 

 period of five years from the present date. 



Mr. J. P. Thomasson has kindly offered a sum of £250, to enable 

 the Council to retain the services of the Naturalist, Mr. J. T. 

 Cunningham, for another year. 



Mr. Frank Crisp has kindly given a sum of £120 (£60 per annum 



