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as it has prevented the usual disbanding of the crew for the winter 

 months. 



A new sailing-boat has been built to replace the old Anton Dohrn, 

 which had done good service for many years. The new boat is a fine 

 sea-boat and well suited for her work. 



The small motor-boat given to the Laboratory by Colonel Giles was 

 used during the summer, but she has not proved quite a suitable type 

 of boat for rough work. It is proposed to sell her and replace her by 

 a motor-boat better adapted for dredging and trawling. 



The StaflF. 



The staff remains as last year, with the addition of Mr. E. Ford as 

 Assistant Naturalist. Mr. E. W. Nelson, who left the Laboratory to 

 take part in Captain Scott's Antarctic expedition, has returned to work 

 out the material collected there, and has been made an honorary 

 member of the staff. Mr. Matthews and Mr. Crawshay have spent the 

 greater part of the year in connection with the expedition of the 

 Scotia, which was sent out to study the movements of the ice off the 

 Labrador coast. They both took part in the actual expedition, 

 Mr. Matthews being chief of the scientific staff, and they have since 

 been engaged in working up the results of the hydrographical and 

 plankton observations which were made on board. The expedition was 

 organized by the Board of Trade and the principal steamship companies 

 running on the North Atlantic routes, by whom all the expenses 

 were paid. 



Occupation of Tables. 



The following Naturalists have occupied tables at the Plymouth 

 Laboratory during the year : — 



E. AuNAP, Russia (Elasmobranclis). 



E. T. Browne, b.a., Berkhamsted (Hydrozoa). 

 Prof. E. L. BouviER, Paris (Crustacea). 



A. Bowman, d.sc, Edinburgh (Fishes). 

 G. E. Bullen, St. Albans (Plankton). 

 J. W. Chaloner, Burnley (Fishes). 

 W. De Morgan, Plymouth (Protozoa). 



F. Martin Duncan, Twickenham (Photography of Marine Animals). 

 J. Gray, Cambridge (Electrical Conductivity of Echinus Eggs). 



W. O. R. King, Leeds (Echinus). 

 Miss D. Jordan Lloyd, Cambridge (Regeneration). 

 D. C. McIntosh, d.sc, Edinburgh (Echinoderms). 

 Prof. J. McMurrich, Toronto (Anemones). 

 Mrs. Matthews, Plymouth (Alcyonium). 



G. R. Mines, m.a., Cambridge (Heart Rhythm). 



