16 TRANSACTIONS LIVERPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



ment for the formal inauguration by the Earl of Onslow, 

 on November 18th. A short account of the new buildings 

 and of the opening ceremony will be found further on in 

 this report. 



The continued success of the Aquarium, and the 

 marked increase in the number of visitors, is most 

 gratifying. An institution where over thirteen thousand 

 summer visitors are shown a number of the most 

 interesting of our common sea-side animals and plants, in a 

 living condition amidst natural surroundings, with labels, 

 pictures and other information, must, surely, be doing 

 something to encourage nature-study and to foster an 

 appreciation of biology. The first edition of the " Guide 

 to the Aquarium," which was drawn up in 1901, and has 

 had an increasing sale (at 3d.) each year since, was 

 exhausted during this summer. Mr. Chadwick and I 

 have, therefore, prepared an enlarged and revised edition, 

 with several additional illustrations, which will be printed 

 as an Appendix to this Report, so that our subscribers may 

 be the first to have this new " Guide " in their hands ; and 

 it will thereafter be on sale, as a booklet of about 80 pages 

 and over 40 illustrations, to the visitors at the Biological 

 Station. Copies, at 3d. each (post free 4d.), can always 

 be obtained by writing to Mr. Chadwick, at Port Erin. 



The Station Record. 



About twenty naturalists and students have occupied 

 our Laboratories for periods of from one to four weeks 

 each during the year, as follows : — 



Date. Name. Work. 



Dec. 27th, 1904 ) 



to [Prof. Herdman Official. 



Jan. 9th, 1905) 



January 4th \ 



to iMr. P. M. C. Kermodc Antiquities, 



January 7th I 



