MABINE BIOLOGICAL STATION AT POBT ERIN. 



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Algae. 



General. 



Copepoda. 



Tunicata. 



September. Dr. Jolian Hjort, Cliristiania Aseidians. 



— Dr. J. G. de Man, Ierseke General. 



— Dr. J. F. Gilchrist, Cape Town General. 



— Mr. Conrad Cooke, London General. 



— Mr. Bedford, Cambridge General. 



— Prof. Magnus, Berlin 



— Prof. Pfitzer, Heidelberg 

 " — Prof. Cliodat, Geneva 



— Prof. "Weiss, Manchester 



— Prof. Zacharias, Hamburg 

 October. Mr. Herbertson, Edinburgh 

 November. Mr. I. C. Thompson, Liverpool ... 



— Professor W. A. Herdman, Liverpool 



Iii addition to these, a number of other members of the 

 British Association party visited the Station between 

 September 24th and 28th, including the Lieutenant 

 Governor (Lord Henniker), Sir James Gell, Dr. Munro, 

 Dr. Montelius, Professor Haddon, and others. 



This list shows an increase in the number of workers. 

 It is also satisfactory in containing the names of several 

 senior students preparing for science degrees in Victoria 

 University. The Councils of both the Owens College, 

 Manchester, and University College, Liverpool, have 

 arranged with the L.M.B.C. to engage by the year a 

 " table " or work-place each in the Laboratory, to be con- 

 stantly at the disposal of any members of the Biological 

 departments of the Colleges — either staff or senior 

 students — who may be nominated by the Professors. 

 The "tables" in question have been labelled with the 

 names of their respective Colleges, and the Committee 

 sincerely hope that a succession of students will occupy 

 these places and take advantage of the opportunity thus 

 afforded them of becoming acquainted with marine 

 animals and plants in their native haunts. The very 

 perfection of modern Laboratory methods in our Colleges 

 renders it the more necessary that all students of natural 



