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£250 at the disposal of a committee, consisting of the Pre- 

 sident and Secretary of the Association, the Chairman of 

 the Council, and Mr. Adam Sedgwick, F.E.S., for " the 

 investigation of the Fauna and Flora of Plymouth Sound at 

 the Plymouth Laboratory.'^ The committee who have the 

 disposal of this grant have not yet made arrangements for 

 its expenditure. For their purposes the Committee will have 

 the use of the appliances of the Laboratory of the Associa- 

 tion as soon as they are sufficiently advanced to be of service, 

 whilst the researches conducted under the auspices of the 

 Committee will be of essential value to the Association in 

 its endeavours to carry out the purposes of its foundation, 

 viz. : " to proinote accurate researches leading to the im- 

 provement of Zoological and Botanical Science, and to an 

 increase of our knowledge as regards the food, life-condi- 

 tions, and habits of British Food-fishes and Molluscs." 



IV. The Council has to report further substantial addi- 

 tions to the funds of the Association from the Mercers' 

 Company, and from the Skinners' Company ; also from the 

 Cambridge Committee, and from several private individuals. 

 The Treasurer's report shows that during the year there was 

 received from Donations and Subscriptions £4240 2s. Qd., 

 and from Interest on Investments £224 9s., whilst there 

 was paid, to the Contractors £2660, for Salaries £266 4s. Qd., 

 and for Sundries £121 5s. *ld. The Donations assured, but 

 not yet received from all sources (exclusive of the annual 

 grant of £500 a year for five years, to be paid by Her 

 Majesty's Government during the years 1888 — 92) amount 

 to £3800, a total estimated balance of nearly £12,000. 



V. The Council has accepted, in accordance with Bye- 

 law 17, the donations of £500 from committees acting on 

 behalf of the Universities of Oxford and of Cambridge 

 respectively. In pursuance of the provisions of that Bye- 

 law the University of Oxford has nominated Dr. J. Burden 

 Sanderson, F.R.S., Professor of Physiology in the University, 

 as a Member of Council of the Association. The University 

 of Cambridge has similarly notified the nomination of Dr. 

 Michael Foster, F.R.S., Professor of Physiology in the 

 University, as a Member of Council. 



