﻿THE 
  MARINE 
  BIOLOGICAL 
  ASSOCIATION 
  

  

  OF 
  TllK 
  

  

  UNITED 
  KINGDOM. 
  

  

  Patron— 
  HIS 
  MAJESTY 
  THE 
  KING. 
  

  

  President— 
  Prof. 
  E. 
  RAY 
  LANKESTER, 
  LL.D., 
  F.R.S. 
  

   :o: 
  

  

  The 
  Association 
  WAS 
  founded 
  "to 
  establish 
  and 
  maintain 
  Laboratoeies 
  on 
  

  

  THE 
  coast 
  of 
  TJIE 
  UNITED 
  KINGDOM, 
  WHERE 
  ACCTIRATE 
  EESEARCHES 
  MAY 
  BM 
  CAEEIED 
  

   ON, 
  LEADING 
  TO 
  THE 
  IMPEOVEMENT 
  OF 
  ZOOLOGICAL 
  AND 
  BOTANICAL 
  SCIENCE, 
  AND 
  TO 
  

   AN 
  INCREASE 
  OF 
  OUE 
  KNOWLEDGE 
  AS 
  EEGARDS 
  THE 
  FOOD, 
  LIFE 
  CONDITIONS, 
  AND 
  HABITS 
  

  

  OF 
  British 
  food-fishes 
  and 
  molluscs." 
  

  

  The 
  Laboratory 
  at 
  Plymouth 
  

  

  was 
  opened 
  in 
  18S8. 
  Since 
  tliat 
  time 
  investigations, 
  practical 
  and 
  scientific, 
  have 
  

   been 
  constiintly 
  pursued 
  by 
  uatui'alists 
  appointed 
  by 
  the 
  Association, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  by 
  

   those 
  from 
  Eng-land 
  and 
  abroad 
  who 
  hive 
  carried 
  on 
  independent 
  researches. 
  

  

  Naturalists 
  desiring 
  to 
  work 
  at 
  the 
  Laboratory 
  

  

  slionld 
  coniniuniciite 
  with 
  the 
  Dii'ector, 
  who 
  will 
  supply 
  all 
  information 
  as 
  to 
  

   terms, 
  etc. 
  

  

  Works 
  published 
  by 
  the 
  Association 
  

  

  include 
  the 
  following 
  : 
  — 
  'A 
  Treatise 
  on 
  the 
  Common 
  Sole,' 
  .1. 
  T. 
  Cunningham, 
  M.A., 
  

   4to, 
  25/-. 
  ' 
  The 
  Natural 
  History 
  of 
  the 
  Marketable 
  Marine 
  Fishes 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  

   Islands,' 
  J. 
  T. 
  Cunningham, 
  M.A., 
  7/6 
  net 
  (published 
  for 
  the 
  Association 
  by 
  

   Messrs. 
  Macmillan 
  & 
  Co.). 
  

  

  The 
  Journal 
  of 
  the 
  Marine 
  Biological 
  Association 
  

  

  is 
  issued 
  half-yearly, 
  price 
  3/6 
  each 
  number. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  these 
  publications, 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  work 
  done 
  in 
  the 
  Laboratory 
  

   are 
  recoi'ded 
  in 
  the 
  'Quarterly 
  Journal 
  of 
  Microscopical 
  Science,' 
  and 
  in 
  other 
  

   scientific 
  journals, 
  British 
  and 
  foreign. 
  

  

  Specimens 
  of 
  Marine 
  Animals 
  and 
  Plants, 
  

  

  both 
  living 
  and 
  preserved, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  best 
  methods, 
  are 
  supplied 
  to 
  the 
  

   principal 
  British 
  Laboratories 
  and 
  Museums. 
  Detailed 
  price 
  lists 
  will 
  be 
  forwarded 
  

   on 
  application. 
  

  

  TERMS 
  OF 
  MEMBERSHIP. 
  

  

  Annual 
  Membees 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  .£110 
  per 
  annum. 
  

  

  Life 
  Members 
  15 
  15 
  Composition 
  Fee. 
  

  

  FOCNDEES 
  100 
  

  

  Governors 
  (Life 
  Members 
  of 
  Council) 
  500 
  „ 
  „ 
  

  

  Members 
  have 
  the 
  following 
  rights 
  and 
  privileges: 
  — 
  They 
  elect 
  annually 
  the 
  

   Officers 
  and 
  Council; 
  they 
  receive 
  the 
  Journal 
  free 
  by 
  post; 
  they 
  are 
  admitted 
  to 
  

   view 
  the 
  Laboratory 
  at 
  any 
  time, 
  and 
  may 
  introduce 
  friends 
  with 
  them 
  ; 
  they 
  have 
  the 
  

   first 
  claim 
  to 
  rent 
  a 
  table 
  in 
  the 
  Laboratory 
  for 
  research, 
  with 
  use 
  of 
  tanks, 
  boats, 
  etc. 
  ; 
  

   and 
  have 
  access 
  to 
  the 
  Library 
  at 
  Plymouth. 
  Special 
  privileges 
  are 
  granted 
  to 
  Governors, 
  

   Founders, 
  and 
  Life 
  Members. 
  

  

  Persons 
  desirous 
  of 
  becoming 
  members, 
  or 
  of 
  obtaining 
  any 
  information 
  with 
  

   regard 
  to 
  the 
  Association, 
  should 
  communicate 
  with 
  — 
  

  

  The 
  DIRECTOR, 
  

  

  The 
  Laboratory, 
  

  

  Plymouth. 
  

  

  