MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION AT PORT ERIN. 27 



The following students of Liverpool University occupied 



the laboratory for periods varying from a fortnight to three 



weeks during the Easter vacation, and worked together under 



the supervision of Professor Harvey Gibson, Miss E. M. 



Blackwell, Miss M. Knight, Mr. R. Douglas Laurie and Mr. S. T. 



Burfield :— 



Mr. R. J. Bruce. Miss J. Curwen. Miss E. M. Tate. 



Mr. G. F. Sleggs. Miss A. S. Meeson. Miss E. Alexander. 



Miss H. C. New. Miss J. Price. Miss E. M. Mather. 



Miss G. A. Piatt. Miss J. Lord. Miss M. Bradley. 



Miss D. Thornton. Miss D. Dobson. Miss G. Hanna. 



Miss N. Lodge. Miss M. Tesh. Miss D. Jones. 



Miss M. M. Brew. Miss H. V. Davies. Miss I. L. Millican. 



Miss E. Catlow. Miss H. Clarke. Miss G. Wilkinson. 



Miss C. Whittaker. Miss G. H. Wood. Miss D. Lamble. 



The following students of University College, Nottingham, 

 attended a course in Marine Botany, conducted by Mr. H. S. 

 Holden : — 



Miss M. L. Straw. Mr. E. S. Hillman. Miss H. C. Bowser. 



Miss C. N. M. Brett. Miss D. Bexon. Miss H. H. Maguire. 



Miss J. M. McClatchie. 



Curator's Report. 



Mr. Chadwick reports to me as follows on the various 

 departments of the work : — 



The Fish Hatchery. 



" Hatching operations were begun this year on 

 February 5th, an unusually early date, when a batch of 124,000 

 plaice eggs were put into the hatching boxes. The first batch 

 of larvae, numbering 346,000, was set free on February 23rd. 

 Quantities of eggs, exceeding half a million in number, were 

 skimmed from the ponds on March 23rd and 30th 

 respectively ; and amongst the large batches of larvae set fre? 

 by Professor Herdman from his steam yacht ' Runa ' were 

 three, numbering 749,700, 1,211,800 and 722,350 respectively. 

 The spawning season closed on April 25th, the total number 

 of eggs collected being 8,895,050. 



