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FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 



OF THE 



LIVERPOOL MARINE BIOLOGY COMMITTEE 



AND THEIR 



BIOLOGICAL STATION at PORT ERIN. 



By Professor W. A. Heedman, D.Sc, F.R.S. 



There is nothing remarkable to record in regard to the 

 educational aspects of the work at the Station during the 

 past year ; but all lines of work have been continued, 

 and all investigations have advanced a stage. Four 

 L.M.B.C. Memoirs have been published. Volume V. of 

 the "Fauna" has been issued, meetings have been held 

 at the Station both for scientific purposes and to promote 

 the interests of the insular fisheries, dredging and other 

 expeditions have taken place, nearly all our usual workers 

 — -Mr. Thompson, Mr. Walker, Miss Thornely, Mr. Lea, 

 Mr. Leicester, Mr. Scott, and others have continued their 

 researches, and with their help the Curator has prepared 

 a series of distributional charts which will be of use 

 locally to those who visit the laboratory and collect in the 

 neighbourhood, and will also have a wider interest to 

 all who study the distribution of shallow water marine 

 animals as affected by depth, nature of sea-bottom and 

 other conditions. 



The Station Record. 



During the past year the following naturalists have 

 worked at the Biological Station, in addition to the 

 Curator (Mr. H. C. Chadwick) who has been in constant 

 attendance with the exception of a fortnight's holiday in 

 May. 



