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in the work of the Committee. He has on several 

 occasions carried on research in vacations at the Port Erin 

 Station, and in association with Mr. E. Whitley and 

 Dr. H. E. Iloaf has developed a new side to onr work, 

 viz., Bio-Chemistry and Comparative Physiology — a side 

 of biological investigation which is most appropriate to a 

 marine laboratory, and one which will probably be 

 actively pursued in the future. 



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-S.Y. " Ladybird," on a Plankton cruise at Easter, 1908, 

 from a photo by Edwin Thompson. 



The dredging, tow-netting and other invest igahoiiu 

 a I >ea, started two years ago with the yacht " Ladybird," 

 have been carried on vigorously dnring (lie Easier and 

 Summer vacations of 1909. Nearly 800 samples of 

 plankton bave been collected with various nets in the 

 sens around Port Erin and have been sent to Mr. Andrew 



