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carried on at Plymouth. From the foundation of the 

 Association I have had the pleasure of acting as its 

 honorary secretary, in co-operation with a Council 

 consisting chiefly of scientific naturalists, who have 

 given time and trouble freely for the purpose of 

 establishing the Plymouth Laboratory as a national 

 institution. Already the Association has been the 

 means of adding important facts to our knowledge of 

 that most valuable food-fish the common sole — a large 

 and richly-illustrated volume by the naturalist speci- 

 ally employed for these researches — Mr. Cunningham 

 — being at this moment in the press. The anchovy, 

 the pilchard, the lobster, and the oyster are each 

 receiving special attention, which will in due time lead 

 to practical results. Besides these, a large number of 

 researches on purely scientific questions, such as the 

 electric organs of skates, the anatomy of Crustacea, the 

 structure of new and rare minute organisms taken in 

 the tow-net or in the pools at low tide, have been 

 carried on by naturalists who have come to Plymouth 

 for the purpose of profiting during a month or 

 two by the facilities ofiered in the laboratory of the 

 Association. 



The task which now lies before those who have 

 founded this institution is by no means a light one. 

 It has to be carried on from year to year, and funds 

 have to be obtained for this purpose. Those Avho 

 may be interested in the publications of the Associa- 

 tion, or desire further information concerning it, should 

 apply by letter to the Director of the Laboratory, 

 Citadel Hill, Plymouth. 



