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Curator's Report. 



Mr. Chadwick reports as follows: — 



" The scientific work of the past year has been marked 

 by some increase in the number of workers in our 

 laboratories, and of researches which involved longer 

 periods of time and more extensive use of the facilities 

 afforded by the Station and its equipment. The Easter 

 vacation class-work was again completely successful, and 

 showed the advantage of a number of students working- 

 together under competent guidance and within easy reach 

 of abundance of living material. Amongst the twenty- 

 nine students and researchers who occupied tables during 

 the year there were representatives of the Universities of 

 Cambridge, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham and 

 Sheffield. 



" During the winter much time was devoted to 

 careful revision and remounting of museum specimens. 

 The whole of the collection of Molluscan shells was thus 

 dealt with, and some new specimens were added. 



" The study of Marine Plankton has again figured 

 largely in the year's work. Tow-nettings have been taken 

 twice a week, over a prescribed course in the bay, with as 

 in ucli regularity as the weather would permit, and a 

 larger share in the laborious work of estimation ami 

 qualitative analysis of the gatherings lias been under- 

 taken by the Curator. 



" The number of visitors to the Aquarium, compared 

 with the records of the previous two years, shows a con- 

 siderable falling off. This was clearly due to the fact 

 that the Isle of Man as a whole did not enjoy its usual 

 measure of patronage during the visitors' season. The 

 tanks were as well stocked as in previous years, and there 



