THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION 



OV TilK 



UNITED KINGDOM 



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Patron-HIS MAJESTY THE KING. 



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

 TiiE Association was founded " to establish and maintain Labouatguies on 



THE COAST of THE UNITED KINGDOM, WHEUE ACCURATE KE9EAUCHES MAY BE CAUEIED 

 ON LEADING TO THE IMPKOVEMENT OF ZOOLOGICAL AND IJOTANICAL "cie/ce'InD TO 

 OF i„Tr^,.rr.''^" KNOWLEDGE AS UEGAUDS THE FOOD. LIFE CONDITIONS. AND HABITS 

 OF iJaiTISH FOOD-FISHES AND MOLLUSCS." 



The Laboratory at Plymouth 



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

 }^ZT f^rT''\ V "''^"•■'^li^t« appointed by the Association, as well as by 

 those from England and abroad who have carried ou independent researches. 



Naturalists desiring to work at th^ Laboratory 



should communicate with the Director, who will supply all information as to 



Works published by the Association 



njclnde the foliowmg:-' A Treatise on theComn,on Sole.' J.T. Cunningham. M.A., 

 V?' Ti' T i''« Natural Hustory of the Marketable Marine Fishes of the British 

 mI^Iv/'m I. Cunnmgham, 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 recorded m 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 wiJl be forwarded 

 on application. ^ <^ *"i »» cti iieu 



TERMS OF MEMBERSHIP. 



Annual Membeks . . . £1 l o per annum. 



Life Membeks 15 15 O Composition Fee 



Founders 100 



GOTEUNORS (Life Members of Council) 500 



Membeis have the following riglits and privileges :-Thev elect annually the 

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

 view the Laboratory at any tune, and may introduce friends with them ; tliev have the 

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



?;^nrs,^:nrLl?e Membe^? '' "^ '^™°"*^^- ''''''' '''''''''' ^^ ^^^'^^ ^ ^-•— ' 



r..J/ZT 'i''''''."t.°^ becoming members, or of obtaining any information with 

 regard to tlie Association, should communicate with— 



The DIRECTOR, 



The Laboratory, 



Plymouth. 



