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which always frequent the coast at that time of the year, 

 and so eager and relentless was the pursuit that many of 

 these fish were caught in quite shallow water in Port Erin 

 Bay. The stomach of a pollack caught in the trammel 

 net was found gorged with young herrings. 



Tow nettings have been taken at intervals throughout 

 the year. Whenever possible the organisms were 

 examined alive immediately after capture, but the more 

 detailed examination, especially of the Copepoda, has this 

 year been undertaken by Mr. A. Scott, who will submit an 

 independent report. 



Faunistic work was carried on by most of the Univer- 

 sity Students, several of whom will contribute notes on 

 points of special interest. Additions continue to be made, 

 by purchase and donation, to the stock of books and 

 reprints in the Library ; but such valuable publications as 

 the Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science and the 

 Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society and many 

 foreign journals are still a much felt want. 



The Station has been visited during the year b} r his 

 Excellency the Lieutenant-Grovernor of the Isle of Man, 

 Lord Raglan, who has shown his interest in the work of 

 the Institution by repeated visits ; also by Sir J. West 

 Ridgeway, formerly Governor of the island, and Sir Alan 

 Perry, by the Speaker of the House of Keys, the Mayor 

 and Corporation of Douglas, the Town Commissioners of 

 Peel, Ramsey, and Castletown, and by the Isle of Man 

 Fishery Board, by Professor and Mrs. Lyman Clark, of 

 Michigan, U.S.A., the Lord Bishop of Liverpool and Mrs. 

 Chavasse, Dr. Glustav Eisen, of San Francisco, Mr. Edgar 

 Thurston, of Madras, and Masters and Boys from Xing 

 William's College. Lastly, the Isle of Man Natural 

 History and Antiquarian Society held one of their 

 ordinary meetings, under the presidency of Lord Raglan, 



