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THE 



MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION AT PORT ERIN 



BEING THE 



THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT 



DRAWN UP BY 



Professor JAMES JOHNSTONE, D.Sc. 

 (Department of Oceanography, University of Liverpool). 



Introduction 



During the past year the transition from the management 

 of the Station by the old " L.M.B.C." to that now exercised by 

 the Department of Oceanography of the University of Liverpool 

 has been very successfully effected. The former Curator, 

 Mr. H. C. Chadwick, retired from the active control of the 

 establishment in July and has been succeeded by Mr. J. Ronald 

 Bruce, who is now " Naturalist-in-Charge." The services of 

 Mr. Chadwick are, however, still retained by the Department, 

 and he is now resident at the Station as " Research Assistant," 

 and is fully occupied with various investigations. An additional 

 Assistant, or " Fisherman-collector," Mr. W. Christian, has 

 been employed, as from July last, to help Mr. T. N. Cregeen 

 in the mechanical work of the establishment and in collecting 

 for the Aquarium and for the students and investigators 

 working in the laboratories. 



These changes, and many others which will be recorded 

 in this and future Reports, have been made possible by a grant 

 of £1,000 made, for the year April 1st, 1921 to March 31st, 1922, 

 by the Development Commissioners. It is expected that this 

 grant-in-aid will be renewed for the next four years at least, 

 and such assistance is of very great value in the maintenance 

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