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and many specimens have been obtained from the commercial 
fishing boats. 
The Staff. 
The Council regrets that Mr. D. J. Matthews, who has been employed 
by the Association for part of his time since the International Investiga- 
tions were transferred to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries in 1910, 
left the service of the Association early in the year. 
Miss M. V. Lebour has been granted the degree of D.Sc. by the Uni- 
versity of Durham, and has been appointed a permanent member of the 
Laboratory staff. 
Miss G. E. Webb, of Oxford, has been appointed an Assistant Naturalist 
for the duration of the war, and commenced work at the Laboratory in 
August. 
Messrs. E. W. Nelson, L. R. Crawshay, J. H. Orton, R. 8. Clark, and 
K. Ford are still serving with H.M. Forces. 
Occupation of Tables. 
The following Naturalists have occupied tables at the Plymouth 
Laboratory during the year :— 
W. Dr Moraan, Plymouth (Pomatoceros), 
Mrs, E. W. Sexton, Plymouth (Gammarus). 
Dr. C. SHEARER, F.R.S., Cambridge (Dinophilus). 
The Easter Vacation Course in Marine Biology for University students 
was not held this year. 
General Work at the Plymouth Laboratory. 
Dr. Allen, the Director of the Plymouth Laboratory, has been engaged 
during a considerable part of the year in carrying out special experiments 
for the Admiralty Board of Invention and Research. Since his return 
to the Laboratory he has been continuing his work on the conditions 
necessary for the successful growth and reproduction of certain marine 
plants and animals under experimental conditions. 
Following on her researches on the plankton and microplankton of the 
Plymouth district, Dr. Lebour has made the central feature of her work 
for the year a study of the food actually eaten by fishes in their larval 
and youngest stages. This is a subject which has been but little studied 
and results of great interest have been obtained. A report on these 
