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VI. In order to prepare the way for the further work of 

 the Association at Plymouth, Mr. Walter Heape, M.A., the 

 Resident Superintendent of the Laboratory of the Association, 

 has at the request of the Council drawn up two reports, 

 entitled respectively ' Notes on the Fishing Industry of Ply- 

 mouth,' and ' Preliminary List of the Fauna and Flora of 

 Plymouth Sound.' Mr. Heape has also, acting under the 

 direction of the Council, hired a trawler and commenced an 

 inquiry into the natural history of the common sole, which 

 will be prosecuted with increased vigour as soon as the 

 Laboratory arrangements are complete. Some experiments 

 on the cultivation of the sole in a " mulletry," or fish-pond 

 open to the tidal-water, were also commenced by Mr. Heape 

 in the month of April, but are necessarily not yet in a con- 

 dition for report. 



VII. The Council has decided to issue to Members of 

 the Association, in the form of a Journal, to be published at 

 intervals, the Annual Reports of the Council, together with 

 such papers as those prepared by Mr. Heape, and other 

 information which the Council desires to place in the hands 

 of the Members of the Association. It is thought that such 

 a Journal may serve not only for the circulation of the 

 official publications of the Council, but also as a means of 

 inquiry and exchange of information amongst those who are 

 interested in Marine Biology in its relation to the Sea 

 Fisheries of the United Kingdom. The first number of the 

 Journal will contain the present Report, a list of the Officers, 

 Council, and Members of the Association, Mr. Heape's 

 ' Notes on the Fishing Industry of Plymouth,' and an 

 illustrated description of the Laboratory on the Citadel 

 Hill, now approaching its completion. 



VIII. One of the most important appliances which the 

 Marine Biological Association must possess in its Plymouth 

 Laboratory is a first-rate Biological Library. Before making 

 purchases the Council have decided to ask the Members and 

 friends of the Association to assist in the formation of this 

 Library by gifts of books. It is probable that many who 

 will read the present Report have in their possession dupli- 

 cate copies of illustrated works on the British Fauna and 



