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belonging to the genera Botryllus, BotryUoides, Lepto- 

 clinum, Amaroucium and Diplosoma, which were found 

 attached to the stems and roots of the Laminaria. Dr. 

 Johan Hjort was anxious to see the buds in the colonies 

 of as many species as possible. He was also desirous of 

 examining the stolons of Clavelina, of which specimens 

 can usually be procured on the side walls of a deep shore 

 pool near Spaldrick ; and we were able to show him the 

 hibernating condition of the buds in the stolons which 

 Professor Giard has lately discussed,* and which have 

 been known for some years at Port Erin. Several of the 

 Zoologists and Botanists preserved and carried off collec- 

 tions, and Prof. Chodat since his return to Geneva has 

 given two public lectures before his University on what 

 he saw of the Marine Fauna and Flora of the Isle of Man 

 during our Expedition. 



The British Association Fund. 



The surplus of the Local Fund, collected for the purpose 

 of meeting the expenses of the visit of the British 

 Association to Liverpool, was, by a resolution of the Local 

 Committee at their final meeting on November 30th, 

 1896, placed in the hands of trustees to be invested for 

 the purpose of promoting the work of the Liverpool 

 Marine Biology Committee. The view of the British 

 Association Executive Committee in recommending this 

 allocation of the fund, was that the money had been 

 subscribed locally for the purposes of a meeting for the 

 Advancement of Science, and that consequently the sur- 

 plus should be devoted to some investigation which would 

 result in the advancement of local science. In recom- 

 mending the L.M.B.C. as a suitable body to receive the 

 fund and carry on the researches, the Executive Com- 



* Comptes-rendus, Aug. 3, 1896. 



