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Director's Report. 



During the summer months the tables of the Laboratory were 

 well occupied ; the following is a list of the workers^ together with 

 the subjects studied : 



Garstang, W. 

 Buchanan, Miss 

 Stewart, A. H. 

 Gamble, F. W. 



Weldon, W. F. R. . Crangon 



Robinson, Miss 



RiTCHES, J. H. 



Willey, a. 

 Hughes, W. J. 

 Hamel, E. de 

 HiCKSON, S. J. 



Tunicates. 

 Polychgetes. 

 Holothurians. 

 Eyes of Mollusca. 



Palgemon. 



Pagurus and Hormiphora. 



Tunicates. 



General Natural History. 



General Natural History. 



Alcyonium. 



The weather has been extremely unfavorable for carrying on 

 continuous and systematic dredging ; nevertheless the boats of the 

 Laboratory have been constantly employed on every suitable day, 

 and a considerable amount of material has been collected. 



The preservation of specimens has been much more carefully 

 attended to than formerly. One man now devotes almost his 

 entire time to this work. This is necessary, since it is only by 

 constant practice in the treating and handling of delicate specimens 

 that really satisfactory results can be attained. Our trade in speci- 

 mens is now becoming extensive, and it is therefore highly desirable, 

 both for the credit of the establishment and for its purse, that the 

 material supplied should be prepared with the utmost care. 



Mr. Cunningham continues his valuable observations on the rate 

 of growth of food fishes, also on their life histories and spawning 

 periods. Papers by him will be found in the present number 

 treating on these subjects. 



Experiments on the production of artificial baits are also being 

 continued by Mr. Hughes. He has also been making some inter- 

 esting experiments as to the presence of fat in the flesh of fishes, 



