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active and generous supporters of the Association, and wrote 

 to express their extreme regret that they were unable to be 

 present. 



The proceedings commenced at 10 a.m., and in a short 

 time the laboratories and tank room, which had been 

 decorated for the occasion, were filled with visitors. Amongst 

 those present were : the Prime Warden of the Fishmongers' 

 Company, Sir James Clarke Lawrence, accompanied by 

 Messrs. George Weston, W. C. Venning, J. S. Lister, J. 

 Travers Smith, R. B. Martin, and E. L. Beckwith, Members 

 of the Court of the Company ; the Earl of Morley, Sir 

 Edward Watkin, Sir George Paget, the Mayors of Plymouth 

 and Devonport, Sir Edwin Saunders, Prof. E. Ray Lankester, 

 Prof. Michael Foster, Prof. Flower, Mr. Thiselton Dyer, Prof. 

 Milnes Marshall, Captain Wharton, Mr. John Evans, Dr. A. 

 Giinther, Mr. Adam Sedgwick, Major- General Lyons, Vice- 

 Admiral Grant, Prof. Charles Stewart, Messrs. E. W. Holds- 

 worth, W. Pengelly, Frank Crisp, Spence Bate, H. Trueman 

 Wood, Prof. D'Arcy Thompson, Mr. Robert Bayly, Arch- 

 deacon Wilkinson, Prof. Jeffrey Bell, Prof. J. W. Groves, 

 Dr. Sydney Hickson, Mr. A. D. Berrington, Mr. H. D. 

 Pochin, Mr. J. W. Woodhall, Prof. G. B. Howes, Mr. Allen 

 Harker, Mr. J. Wrench Towse, Mr. T. Bulteel, and many 

 others. 



The building has been fully described in the first number 

 of the Journal. Although it was practically complete, time 

 had not allowed the full equipment of the Laboratory to be 

 carried out, and the shelves of the library bore witness to 

 the necessities of the Association in the matter of zoological 

 and botanical literature. Circulation had been established 

 in the tanks for some time previous, and the tanks themselves 

 contained a few marine forms collected by the dredge and 

 trawl during the preceding week. The short time at the 

 disposal of the staff, and the numerous interruptions and 

 delays accompanying the completion of the building, had not 

 allowed them to exhibit more than the most meagre present- 

 ment of the rich and varied Fauna and Flora that is to be 

 found in Plymouth Sound and the neighbourhood. All that 

 could be done was to show the capacity of the Association 



