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REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE MARINE 



LABORATORY, LARNE HARBOUR. 



By. Professor Gregg Wilson, D.Sc, M.R.I.A. 



(Abstract.) 



Dr. Gregg Wilson's paper dealt with the work of the Marine 

 Laboratory, Lame Harbour, and he began by referring to the 

 equipment of the Association. He stated that the launch was in 

 better condition for work than ever before owing to the kindness 

 of Mr. Jack, of Larne Harbour, who had provided a number of 

 new parts. The laboratory had been maintained in good working 

 order, and the new naturalist (Mr. Wollaston) had carried on the 

 routine work of the Association most efficiently. Research work 

 had been steadily gone on with, old investigations having been 

 continued, and new started. Work at the herring had been 

 pursued, and now the observations were specially directed to 

 determine the distinctions between different varieties and age 

 distinctions. Drift work had also been continued by Mr. C. M. 

 Cunningham, with increasingly interesting results. Apparatus for 

 securing information as to the movements of bottom waters had 

 been devised, and examination of all the records showed more and 

 more clearly that there was a definite set of currents in certain 

 directions. Systematic work at the various groups of organisms 

 continued, and some of the results were now in print. 



Mr. Pearson, the former naturalist of the Association, had had the 

 first part of his account of the Copepoda of Ireland published, 

 and the second part was now in the printer's hands. Mr. Adams's 

 paper on " The Algae of Antrim " had also been completed, and 

 and was ready for issue to the members. Mr. G. C. Gough had 

 finished an account of the " Foraminifera of Larne District," 

 which was also in the printer's hands, while Mr. Joseph Wright was 

 engaged on what might well be his magnum opus, an account of 

 the Foraminifera of Ireland. Mr. Wollaston, the naturalist of the 



