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special interest in relation to the research work carried 

 on in the department for the local Sea-Fisheries 

 Committee. 



"Lecture Theatre. — The lecture theatre measures fifty- 

 seven feet by thirty-six feet, and is twenty-six feet in 

 height. It is brightly lit by large windows on the east 

 and west sides, but can be darkened for the use of the 

 electric lantern. It is seated for three hundred, and has 

 the largest northern wall provided with a lantern screen 

 and ample accommodation for diagrams. There are four 

 doorways : the public entrance from the main staircase, 

 the lecturer's entrance from the Professor's private room, 

 a door to the diagram room for convenience in service, 

 and, at the back, a communication with the Geology 

 staircase which leads from the Electrotechnics' front door. 



" Opening from the lecture theatre is the Professor's 

 room, which serves as the business office and committee- 

 room of the department, and beyond that is the Professor's 

 private laboratory, in which at the present time are 

 collections of Tunicata from various parts of the world, 

 and of Pearl oysters from Ceylon, which are undergoing 

 investigation. 



" Library. — The rest of this floor is occupied by the 

 library, in three parts : (1) The Departmental library, 

 the central meeting room of the department for senior 

 students and staff, and the room in which the Biological 

 Society and other bodies meeting in the department can 

 assemble before entering the lecture hall. (2) the " Isaac- 

 Thompson " library, a special collection of books and 

 pamphlets on Marine Biology, placed here as a memorial 

 of Mr. Isaac Cooke Thompson, F.L.S., for many years 

 Honorary Treasurer of the Liverpool Marine Biology 

 Committee, and a well-known authority on the Copepoda 

 and other low Crustacea. Most of Mr. Thompson's 



