150 TRANSACTIONS LIVERPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
‘‘a small fleet of steam and sailing vessels, and by 
“special enactment the officers are empowered to use, 
‘at their discretion, any means for the capture of fish 
‘or other marine organisms. 
“The Commission has refurnished the Biological 
‘‘ Laboratory and added ten new rooms for research. 
“Tt has equipped a laboratory for physiology. It has 
‘‘purchased a bacteriological outfit, and a creditable 
‘library of biology and fish-culture has been installed. 
‘““'T'wo steam launches and the schooner ‘Grampus’ have 
‘“been attached to the Station, several fine-mesk seines, 
‘“‘trawls and tow-nets have been purchased, and a large 
“fish-trap has been placed at a favourable locality. 
“From the day of the opening of the laboratory, 
‘April Ist, several tables have been continuously occu- 
‘pied, and, at the present time, the scientific force 
“numbers twenty-four. Several have expressed the 
‘“‘ desire of extending their work during the autumn and 
‘winter months, and it is proposed to keep the labora- 
‘tory open throughout the year. 
“The Commission does not attempt to instruct or to 
‘dictate as to what lines of research are to be pursued, 
‘‘how the work shall be carried on, or where the results 
‘shall be published. It is convinced that all lnes of 
‘‘ biological research are indirectly, if not also directly, 
‘helpful to its more immediately practical work, and it 
‘happens that fully one-half of the investigators are 
‘busy with problems bearing directly upon the anatomy, 
“embryology, physiology and pathology of fish. The 
“large corps of collaborators has made it possible to 
“secure definite data respecting the breeding habits of 
“‘any marine forms. The floating fauna has been 
‘systematically examined; valuable information has 
“been gained respecting the larval life of the star-fish, 
