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THE 



MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION AT PORT ERIN 



BEING THE 



TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT 



OF THE 



LIVERPOOL MARINE BIOLOGY COMMITTEE. 



In this very exceptional year, when many concerns not 

 directly connected with the necessities of existence or the 

 conduct of a great war must suffer more or less, it is not 

 surprising to find that we have a less successful year than 

 usual to record at our Biological Station. Since early in August 

 the thoughts and energies of most of us have been diverted 

 to other channels ; and although it is right that in the interests 

 of others we should endeavour to keep all our affairs, so far 

 as may be possible, running normally, still until more important 

 and pressing matters are settled it is well that no unnecessary 

 time, labour and expense should be devoted to what is not 

 essential at the moment. Consequently the Committee and 

 our other supporters and readers will, I am sure, understand 

 and approve if the Report this year takes a shorter form than 

 usual, and deals with little beyond the record of routine work 

 carried out, especially during the earlier portion of the year, 

 at the Port Erin Biological Station and elsewhere in the 

 L.M.B.C. District. 



The " Station Record " and the " Curator's Report " 

 which follow show that during the Easter vacation and the 

 Spring months, when both students and senior workers frequent 

 our marine laboratory more than at any other time of the year, 

 the numbers were larger than ever before and the work was 

 abundant and of high quality. Last year we recorded about 

 seventy researchers and students; this year up to the end of 

 July we had a total of ninety occupying work-places in the 



