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FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 



OF THE 



LIVERPOOL MARINE BIOLOGY COMMITTEE 



AND THEIR 



BIOLOGICAL STATION at PORT ERIN. 

 By Professor W. A. Herdman, D.Sc, F.R.S. 



The most important event that falls to be recorded this 

 year is the arrangement concluded with the Government 

 of the Isle of Man, as a result of which we shall in future 

 occupy increased Laboratory accommodation and be 

 responsible conjointly with a committee of the Tynwald 

 Court for the conduct of a large Aquarium and Fish 

 Hatchery. A detailed statement as to how this change 

 has been brought about, as to the position of our Com- 

 mittee in relation to the Manx Government and as to the 

 probable effect upon our work will be given below. But 

 it must be obvious to all that as this implies a removal 

 from our present Biological Station to larger and more 

 convenient buildings on a better site at the other side of 

 the bay, it is clearly the most important event in the 

 history of the L.M.B.C. since we first established our 

 laboratory at Port Erin. This then is the last Annual 

 Report which will deal with the present Biological 

 Station. Next year's Report will have to do with a much 

 larger concern, in which more attention will be given to 

 fisheries investigations and economic work than has been 

 possible in the past. We have now had a Biological 

 Station in working order for fifteen years. The first five 



