THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION 



OF TIIK 



UNITED KINGDOM. 



Patron— HIS MAJESTY THE KING. 



President— Sir RAY LANKESTER, K.C.B., LL.D., F.R.S. 



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The Association was fodnded " to establish and maintain liABOUATOuiEs ok 



THE COAST OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, WHEKE ACCURATE EESEARCHES MAY BE CARRIED 

 ON, LEADING TO THE IMTKOVEMENT OF ZOOLOGICAL AND EOTANICAL SCIENCE, AND TO 

 AN INCREASE OF OUR KNOWLEDGE AS REGARDS THE FOOD, LIFE CONDITIONS, AND HABITS 



OF British kood-fisiies and molluscs." 



The Laboratory at Plymouth 



was opened in 1888. Since that time investigations, practical and scientific, have 

 been constiuitly pnrsiied by uatnralists appiinted by tlie Association, as well as by 

 those from Eng-land and abroad who have carried on independent rese;irclies. 



Naturalists desiring to work at the Laboratory 



shonld communicate with the Director, who will snpply all information as to 

 terms, etc. 



Works published by the Association 



inclnde the following : — 'ATreatise on theCommon Sole,' .I.T. Cnnningham, M.A., 

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

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

 Messrs. Macmillui & 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 tlie Laboratory 

 are recorded 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, :ire supplied to the 

 principal British Liiboviitories aiul Museums. Detailed price lists will be forwarded 

 on application. 



TERMS OF MEMBERSHIP. 



Annual Members . . . .£110 per annum. 



Life Members 15 15 Composition Fee. 



Founders 100 „ „ 



GOVRHNOUS {Life Members of CdiuuIIj 500 



Members have the following rights and privileges: — They elect auiuuilly 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 theiu ; they have the 

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

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

 Founders, aiul Life Jlembers. 



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

 regard to the Association, should communicate with — 



The DIRECTOR, 



The Laboratory, 



Plymouth. 





