12 TRANSACTIONS LIVERPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



of the Port Erin Biological Station and the scientific investiga- 

 tions of the Lancashire and Western Sea-Fisheries Committee 

 may for the future be united under the Oceanographic Depart- 

 ment of the University, and that this union may conduce to 

 the advancement of our knowledge of the sea and its products, 

 and the promotion of the local fishing industries. 



The recovery in numbers at the Biological Station is 

 remarkable. In 1914, we recorded ninety researchers and 

 students occupying work-places in the laboratory and 12,000 

 visitors to the Aquarium. In 1918 we had 16 workers in the 

 laboratory and over 7,600 visitors to the Aquarium. This 

 year (1919) the Curator's report shows over 60 laboratory 

 workers and over 23,000 visitors— a number far beyond our 

 highest pre-war record of 16,000. 



The work of the staff at the Biological Station has been 

 carried on as usual, and large collections of the plankton in 

 the bay have been made throughout the year. 



As on previous occasions the statistics as to the use made 

 of the institution throughout the year will be given in the 

 form of a " Curator's Report " (see below). 



It may be useful to those proposing to work at the 

 Biological Station that the ground plan of the buildings, showing 

 the laboratory and other accommodation, should be inserted 

 in this Report as on previous occasions (see p. 13). 



Curator's Report. 



Mr. Chadwick reports to me as follows on the various 

 departments of the work at the Station during 1919 : — 



Station Record. 



" Sixty-six workers occupied our laboratories during the 

 past year, the majority being undergraduates from the Depart- 

 ments of Zoology and Botany of the University of Liverpool. 

 The University of Manchester and University College, Reading, 



