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PREFACE 



|0iirna[ af i\t Pariirc ^Wagical g^ssaciatiaii 



The Council o£ the Marine Biological Association of the 

 United Kingdom has determined to issue to its members 

 notes and reports concerning the work of the Association 

 in the form of a Journal, which will appear at intervals, 

 determined by the amount of material ready for publica- 

 tion. It is not proposed to limit the contents of this 

 Journal to formal reports, nor to publish in it lengthy 

 scientific memoirs, but to include within its pages, besides 

 the official statements of the Council, brief records of obser- 

 vations relating to the marine biology and fisheries of the 

 coasts of the United Kingdom which may appear to have a 

 definite bearing upon the work actually in progress under 

 the auspices of the Association. With this object in view 

 the Council of the Association invite communications from 

 fishermen and naturalists, which may either be printed in 

 full in this Journal or form the subject of a note. 



The Journal will contain the annual and other official 

 reports of the Council of the Association, and will form a 

 means of communication between the Council and the 

 members of the Association. 



The first number of the Journal contains a list of the 

 Officers, Governors, Founders, and Members of the Associa- 

 tion, and the Annual Report of the Council for the year 

 1886-87. It also contains a description with plans of the 

 Plymouth Laboratory, and an account of the Fishing In- 



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