THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION 



OK THK 



UNITED KINGDOM. 



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Patron— HIS MAJESTY THE KING. 



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



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The Association WAS founued " to kstablisu and maintain Lauouatouibs on 



THK coast of THK UNITED KINGDOM, WH EKE ACCUKATE RESEAECHES MAT BE CAUUIED 

 ON, LEADING TO THE IMPUOVKMENT OF ZOOLOGICAL AND UoTANICAL SCIENCE, AND TO 

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



OF British food-fishes and molluscs." 



The Laboratory at Plymouth 



was opeiKHl in 1888. Since tliat time investigations, i)riictical and scientific, liave 

 been constantly pnrsned hy natnialists appointed by tlie Association, as well as by 

 those from lOny-land and abroad who li:ive carried on independent researches. 



Naturalists desiring- to work at the Laboratory 



sliould comnuniicate with the Director, who will supply all information as to 

 terms, etc. 



Works published by the Association 



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

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

 Islands,' J. T. Cnnningham, M.A., 7/G net (ptiblishod for the Association by 

 Messrs. Macmillan & Co.). 



The Journal of the Marine Biological Association 



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



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

 are recorded in the ' Quartei'ly .lonrnal 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 ]\Iuseums. Detailed price lists will be forwarded 

 on application. 



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 n 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. 



