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Mr. F. G. Phipps, laboratory assistant. 



Mr. H. Lees, tank superintendent, Lympstone, 



Devon. 

 Mr. H. Brown, tank superintendent, Conway, 



North Wales. 

 1 shorthand-typist. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: Provision is 

 made, by arrangement, for visiting investigators. 



Income: From State. Maintenance expenses, ap- 

 proximately £750; salaries £3,430. 



(N.B. There is a set-off against the expenses 

 of the station of about £650 per annum in respect 

 of fees paid for cleansing mussels for the market.) 



Provision for publication of results: Contributions 

 are made to the Ministry's Fisheries Investiga- 

 tions, Series II, Sea Fisheries, and pamphlets 

 are issued from time to time dealing with shellfish 

 matters. 



Dove Marine Laboratory ('37) 



History or origin: Established in 1897. The present 

 building was constructed in 1908. 



Location: On the sea front at Cullercoats, Northum- 

 berland, England. 



Organization to which attached: Armstrong College, 

 University of Durham. The Laboratory is a 

 department of the College and is under the 

 direction of the Professor of Zoology. 



Purposes: Major purpose, research. Instruction in 

 marine biology is also given to students of Arm- 

 strong College and of other Universities. Special 

 instruction in different fields of biology may also 

 be given. 



(Scope of activities: Research is carried out on local 

 fishery problems, with special reference to herring 

 and salmon; faunistic work; general biology and 

 comparative physiology of fi.sh and marine in- 

 vertebrates; river pollution. The Laboratory is 

 also visited by school children. Teachers are 

 advised as to the conduct of clas.ses in marine 

 biology, and Easter classes are held at the Labora- 

 tory. The staff also gives lectures to various 

 societies in the district. 



Equipment: One laboratory building, 64 x 29 feet. 

 The ground floor is given up to the aquarium 

 with eleven large and thirty-eight small tanks 

 for the supply of which fresh sea-water is pumped 

 into storage tanks daily. On the first floor Ls a 

 general laboratory divided into cubicles suitable 

 for work which does not require much apparatus, 

 a large room which has been recently fitted up 

 specially for experimental work and is also 



suitable for teaching and other purposes, a small 



chemical laboratory, and the library (two rooms). 

 One small, sound-proof hut for the study of 



problems of animals' behavior. 



The Laboratory is equipped with apparatus 



for the conduct of research in most forms of 



research in general zoology, and comparative 



physiology. 



The most important publications in marine 



biology are available either in the library of the 



.station or in that of Armstrong College. 

 Staff: Director, A. D. Hobson, M.A. (Cantab.), 



F.R.S.E.; Naturalist, B. Storrow, M.Sc, A.L.S.; 



Biologist, H. 0. Bull, B.Sc, Ph.D.; Librarian, 



Mrs. Cowan. 

 Provision for visiting investigators: About ten in 



addition to the staff of the .station could be 



accommodated. 

 Income: Source: Grants from H. M. Development 



Commissioners, Armstrong College and various 



local sources, admission of public to aquarium and 



sale of specimens. 



Amount for year ending March 31st, 1937, 



about £2,250. 

 Provision for publication of results: Dove Marine 



Laboratory Reports and scientific periodicals. 



Department of Zoology and Oceanography, 

 University College, Hull ('37) 



History or origin: The Department of Zoology came 

 into existence at the opening of the College in 

 October, 1928, and in 1931 it was enlarged to a 

 Department of Zoology and Oceanography. The 

 new oceanographical laboratories were opened in 

 December, 1931. 



Location: At the University College of Hull, on the 

 northern outskirts of the city. 



Organization to which attached: University College of 

 Hull. 



Purposes: (Of oceanographic section of the Depart- 

 ment.) Research, particularly in biological 

 oceanography in relation to fisheries. A year's 

 post-graduate course is offered in biological 

 oceanography, intended particularly for students 

 taking up work in relation to fisheries. 



Scope of activities: At present (1936) the activities 

 of the Department are being concentrated upon a 

 survey of the changing plankton of the North 

 Sea from month to month in relation to the 

 fisheries by means of continuous plankton re- 

 corders worked on four diiTerent steamship lines 

 across the North Sea and also by means of 



