storage of specimens, while a large cupboard opens out of 

 one corner. 



The tank room is provided with five slate and plate- 

 glass tanks, made by Alfred Carter and Co., Liverpool, 

 and arranged as shown in PI. I. They are capable of 

 holding in all 670 gallons, and ought to be very useful in 

 experimental work, or in keeping fishes and other marine 

 animals alive while making observations on their habits ; 

 but it can scarcely be hoped that developmental work 

 upon any scale will be possible in such small tanks and 

 where the same water will have to be used over and over 

 again. As yet these tanks have not been made any great 

 use of. So much other work has been going on in the 

 laboratory that the assistant has not had sufficient time 

 in this first season to stock the tanks and get them into 

 working order. But two of them are now being prepared 

 for some contemplated observations on the habits and life 

 history of Shrimps and Cockles. 



The laboratory was completed on April 16th, and I then 

 chose as Assistant (with the approval of the Consulting 

 Committee — Alderman Grindley, Mr. Vicars, and Mr. 

 Barrett) young Mr. Andrew Scott of Edinburgh, son of 

 Mr. T. Scott, A.L.S., Naturalist to the Scottish Fishery 

 Board. Mr. Andrew Scott had been a student at Edin- 

 burgh University and a junior assistant to Professor 

 Ewart, and more recently had been assisting his father in 

 the work of the Scottish Fishery Board. He commenced 

 work in our laboratory at the beginning of May, but 

 unfortunately had to resign the post at the end of the 

 month in consequence of the serious illness of his father 

 which necessitated the return of the son to Edinburgh to 

 help in carrying on the work there. 



I then appointed as Assistant (with the sanction of the 

 Consulting Committee) Mr. P. J. P. Corbin, an advanced 



