REPORT OP THE COUNCIL, 1890. 3G1 



for two years) to meet the expenses of special investigations on the 

 culture of sea fishes in enclosed ponds. The Council take this oppor- 

 tunity of placing on record their appreciation of the interest and 

 confidence shown in the work of the Association by these liberal 

 donations. 



The thanks of the Association are due to Prof. Haeckel for 

 a copy of his work on the Siphonophora ; to Col. Richardson, R.A., 

 for a number of ichthyological works from the library of the late 

 Sir J. Richardson; to Mr. J. W. Clark for back numbers of the 

 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society and other books ; to 

 Messrs. J. and A. Churchill for the current numbers of the Quarterly 

 Journal of Microscopical Science ; and to Messrs. Agassiz, Giard, 

 Marion, the United States Fish Commission, the Naples Zoological 

 Station, the ofiicers of the Norwegian North Atlantic Expedition, 

 and other individuals and societies for copies of their publications. 



The Council desire to express the indebtedness of the Association 

 to the Council of the Royal Society for kindly permitting the Asso- 

 ciation to hold the periodical meetings of the Council and Associa- 

 tion in their rooms. 



In July and August, 1889, the Council was in correspondence 

 with the Fishery Board for Scotland and the Fisheries Department 

 of the Board of Trade, with reference to the possibility of procuring 

 scientific information on the alleged destruction of immature fish by 

 beam trawling in deep waters. 



Subsequently the Council determined to make an application to 

 H.M. Treasury for a further grant of money in aid of special re- 

 searches on food-fishes. The Chancellor of the Exchequer kindly 

 consented to receive a deputation on the subject on May 15th. 



The deputation was introduced by the Right Hon. Joseph Cham- 

 berlain, M.P., and Sir Edward Birkbeck, Bart., M.P. — Prof. Burdon 

 Sanderson, F.R.S. ; Dr. John Evans, F.R.S. ; Mr. Ed. Marjoribanks, 

 M P. ; Mr. E. L. Beckwith, and Prof. E. Ray Lankester spoke in 

 favour of the objects of the deputation. 



The following were also present : — Lord Montagu ; Admiral 

 Mayne, M.P. ; Sir W. Bowman, Bart., F.R.S. ; Sir Henry Thomp- 

 son ; Mr. T. B. Bolitho, M.P. ; Sir Lyon Playfair, K.C.B., M.P. ; 

 Mr. E. B. Poulton, F.R.S. ; Prof. Flower, C.B., F.R.S. ; Mr. Palmer; 

 Mr. E. W. H. Holdsworth ; Mr. Adam Sedgwick, F.R.S. ; Mr. G. 

 W. E. Loder, M.P. ; Mr. W. Bickford Smith, M.P. ; Prof. Jeffrey 

 Bell ; Prof. Michael Foster, F.R.S. ; Mr. P. L. Sclater, F.R.S. ; Prof. 

 Chas. Stewart; Mr. G. F. Romanes, F.R.S. ; and Mr. Howorth, M.P. 

 The Duke of Abercorn, the Earl of Ducie, the Earl of Morley, and 

 several others were unavoidably prevented from attending. 



The Council regret to have to announce that Prof. Huxley, who 



