426 REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 
possible in the immediate neighbourhood of Plymouth Sound. As in 
former years many specimens have been obtained from the local 
fishermen. 
The Staff. 
The salaried staff has consisted of the Director (Dr. E. J. 
Allen, F.R.S.), Mr. D. J. Matthews, Miss M. V. Lebour, and 
Mrs. Matthews. 
The Council is glad to be able to report that Mr. Rh. 8. Clark, who 
left the Laboratory in 1914 as biologist to Sir Ernest Shackleton’s 
Antarctic Expedition, has returned safely and in good health to this 
country, after forming one of the party who remained on Elephant 
Island. 
Dr. Allen was appointed President of the Devonshire Association 
for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art for the meeting 
held in Plymouth in July, 1916, and delivered an address on the age 
of fishes and the rate at which they grow. 
Occupation of Tables. 
The following Naturalists have occupied tables at the Plymouth 
Laboratory during the year :— 
Miss Crump, London (Oscarella). 
W. De Moraayn, Plymouth (Protozoa). 
H. 8S. Houprn, m.sc., Nottingham (Marine Alg:e), 
Mrs. E. W. Sexton, Plymouth (Gammarus). 
Dr, C. SHEARER, F.R.S., Cambridge (Dinophilus). 
The usual Easter Vacation Course in Marine Biology for University 
students was not held this year. 
General Work at the Plymouth Laboratory. 
In the number of the Journal issued during the year Miss M. V. 
Lebour has published a description, with detailed illustrations, of the 
different stages in the life history of the Copepod, Calanus finmarchicus. 
The material upon which this description is based was obtained by 
Mr. L. R. Crawshay, who reared the animals from the egg, under 
experimental conditions in the Laboratory. 
In the same number of the Journal Dr. Orton gave an account of 
the researches which had been carried out in the Laboratory on races 
of herrings, and Mr. D. J. Matthews reported on the amount of 
Phosphoric Acid found in sea-water off Plymouth Sound. Two further 
