Marine Biological Association of the 
United Kingdom. 
Report of the Council, 1916. 
The Council and Officers. 
Four ordinary meetings of the Council have been held during the 
year, at which the average attendance was nine. A Committee of 
the Council visited and inspected the Plymouth Laboratory during the 
Easter Vacation. 
The Council has to record with regret the death of Sir Richard 
Martin, Bart., who for a number of years was a Governor, representing 
the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers. 
The meetings of the Council have been held in the Rooms of the 
Royal Society, and the thanks of the Association are due to the Society 
for its hospitality. 
The Plymouth Laboratory. 
It has been found necessary to replace the gas engine used for 
circulating the sea-water through the tanks of the Aquarium and of 
the upstairs Laboratory. The old engine had worked continuously, 
for practically twenty-four hours a day, for fifteen years, so that 
good service had been rendered. A new engine was obtained from 
Messrs. Crossley Bros., fitted with the latest improvements. The 
other machinery has been maintained in working order, and the 
buildings are in a satisfactory state of repair, though expenditure 
under these heads has been kept as low as possible on account of 
the war. 
The Boats. 
The steamer QO7thone is still laid up at Hooe Lake and it is not 
proposed to put her in commission at present. The eighteen-foot 
sailing-boat has been used for such collecting work as has been 
