

CONTENTS. 



I. — Proceedings. 



Office-bearers and Council, 1916-1917 . 

 Report of the Council .... 

 Summary of Proceedings at the Meetings 

 List of Members ..... 

 Treasurer's Balance Sheet 



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xvi 



II. — Transactions. 



Presidential Address — " The Economy of Movement." 

 Bv Prof. J. S. Macdonald. B.A., F.R.S. 



Thirtieth Animal Report of the Liverpool Marine Biology 

 Committee and their Biological Station at Port 

 Erin. (With an Address upon " Sir Wyville 

 Thomson and the ' Challenger ' Expedition.") By 

 Prof. W. A. Herdman, D.Sc, F.R.S 15 



Report on the Investigations carried on during 1916, 

 in connection with the Lancashire Sea-Fisheries 

 Laboratory, at the University of Liverpool, and 

 the Sea-Fish Hatchery at Piel, near Barrow. 

 By Prof . AY. A. Herdman, D.Sc, F.R.S. , Andrew 

 Scott, A.L.S., and James Johnstone, D.Sc. . 77 



