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Eeport is or will shortly be in your hands, I need not detain 

 you longer by enlarging upon its contents, which part of 

 the ceremony is still to come elsewhere, I will therefore 

 now, in the name of the President and Council of the Marine 

 Biological Association of the United Kingdom, thank all 

 those who have by their generous contributions of money, 

 or by expenditure of their time, labour, and thought, 

 brought us so far on our way, and declare the Lahoratory of 

 the Association open for tvork. May we all join in the 

 earnest hope that the expectations which have been raised 

 of its future usefulness may never be disappointed ! 



After Prof. Flower's address the company adjourned to 

 the dejeuner at the Grand Hotel. The Prime Warden of 

 the Fishmongers' Company presided, and at the conclusion 

 of the meal the following speeches were made : 



The Prime Warden proposed '' The Queen." Eeferring 

 to the fifty years of the Queen's reign, he asked them to 

 consider how great had been the progress in art, in science, 

 and in commerce during that period. But greater than all, 

 greater than the progress in art or in science, had been the 

 progress in the material welfare of the masses of the 

 people. He believed that no sovereign who had ever 

 reigned had had her na.me mentioned in the same genuine 

 terms of sincere admiration as that of Queen Victoria was 

 received in all parts of the kingdom. Long might the 

 Queen reign over a loyal and a prosperous people, and 

 might she long continue the Queen of the United Kingdom 

 of Great Britain and Ireland ! 



The Earl of Morley gave " The Marine Biological 

 Association of the United Kingdom." He said that he felt 

 very grateful for the compliment paid him in associating his 

 name with the toast as its proposer, but he feared that the 

 qualifications he had for performing that duty were very 

 meagre indeed. This came home to him especially when 

 he saw around him so distinguished a company, among 

 which were many of the greatest and best known scientific 

 men in England. But he presumed that the reason this 

 important toast had been entrusted to him was that he was 

 connected with the neighbourhood in which they had 



