THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION 



OF THE 



UNITED KINGDOM. 



Patron— HIS MAJESTY THE KING. 



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



The Association was founded 'to establish and maintain Laboratories on 



THE COAST OF THE UnITF.D KINGDOM, WHEIIE ACCURATE RESEARCHES MAY BE CARRIED ON, 

 LEADING TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF ZOOLOGICAL AND BoTANICAL SCIENCE, AND TO AN 

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



OF British food-fishks and molluscs '. 



The Laboratory at Plymouth 



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

 been constantly pursued by naturalists appointed by the Association, as well as 

 by those from England and al)road wlu> have carried on independent researches. 



Naturalists desiring to work at the Laboratory 



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

 terms, &c. • 



Works published by the Association 



include tlie following : — ' A Treatise on the Common Sole,' J. T. Cunningham, 

 M.A., 4to, 25/-. ' The Natural History ot 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 recorded in tlie 'Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science', and in other 

 scientitic journals, British and foreiL;n. 



Specimens of Marine Animals and Plants, 



both livin<^ 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 Members .... £110 per annum. 



Life Members . . . . 15 15 Composition Fee. 



Founders 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 L.iboratory 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, &c. ; and have access to the Library at Plymouth. Special privileges are 

 granted to Governors, Foundei's, and Lite Members. 



Persons desirous of becoming members or of obtaining any information with 

 regard to tlie Association, should communicate with — 



The DIRECTOR, 



The Laboratory, 



Plymouth. 



Printed in England at the Oxford University Press by Frederick Hall [6] 



