THE ZOOLOGICAL STATION AT NAPLES. 353 



Ocaiimtion of a Table at the Zoological Station at Naples. — Report of 

 the Committee, consisting of Professor W. A. Herdman, Professor 

 E. Kay Lankester, Professor W. F. R. Weldon, Professor S. J. 

 HiCKSON, Mr. A. Sedgwick, Professor W. C. McIntosh, Mr. W. E 

 Hoyle, and Mr. Percy Sladen (Secretary). 



APrENDIX PAOB 



I. — Report on the Occupation of the Table. By Mr. H. M. Veenon . . 354 

 II. — List of Naturalists mho have worhed at the Zoological Station from 



July I, 189G, to June 30, 1897 35S 



III. — List of Papers which rvere pvhUshed in 1896 by Naturalists mho 



hare occupied Tables in the Zoological Station 357 



The table in the Naples Zoological Station hired by the British Associa- 

 tion has been granted during the past year to Mr. H. M. Vernon, Miss 

 A. Vickers, and Professor W. F. R. "Weldon. 



Mr. Vernon has occupied the table during the months of April, May, 

 and June, and continued his investigations on the effects of environment 

 upon the development of Echinoderm larvae. He has furnished a prelimi- 

 nary report upon his work, which will be found appended. 



Miss Vickers, who was engaged in studying tlie Alg£e of the Gulf of 

 Naples, has, through the kindness of Professor Dohrn, occupied the table 

 for nearly two months concurrently with Mr. Vernon. Your Committee- 

 desire to express their appreciation of this generous act of consideration 

 on the part of Professor Dohrn. Owing to the early date of the meeting; 

 this year Miss Vickers's report has not yet been received. 



Professor Weldon proposed to occupy the table during the months of 

 July, August, and September, to investigate the phenomena of variation 

 in Crustacea ; and the result of his work will of necessity form part of 

 next year's report. 



An application for permission to use the table during the ensuing year 

 has been received from Mr. J. Parkinson, for the purpose of making in- 

 vestigations on the budding of the compound Ascidians, especially of the 

 Botryllids. He wishes to go to Naples at the beginning of October and' 

 to remain six months. 



An application has also been received from Mr. James F. Gemmill,. 

 Lecturer on Vertebrate Embryology in the University of Glasgow, for 

 permission to use the table during the months of September and October.. 

 In support of this application Professor Dohrn has kindly written to say 

 that he will be glad to allow Mr. Gemmill to occupy a table, if approved 

 by the Committee, concurrently with any other appointment made by the 

 Committee. 



Other applications have also been received ; in fact, more candidates 

 for the table have recently come forward than at any previous period. 



Your Committee trust that the General Committee will sanction the 

 payment of the grant of 100/., as in previous years, for the hire of the 

 table in the Zoological Station at Naples. 



On April 14 there was commemorated at Naples the twenty-fifth 

 anniversary of the foundation of the Zoological Station. The occasion 

 was observed with much ceremony ; and a number of eminent scientific 

 men and high officers of State assembled to congratulate Professor Dohrn 



1897. A A 



