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We have worked with her this summer down to 



76 fathoms in the deep channel between Port Erin and 



. Ireland, where much exploration still requires to be done. 



As on previous occasions, Mr. Chadwick's section 

 appears below under the heading " Curator's Report," but 

 I am, as usual, indebted to him, or to his weekly Eeports, 

 for much of the information given under " The Station 

 Record " and elsewhere. 



Mr. Chadwick has now completed the tenth year of 

 his service as Curator of the Port Erin Biological Station, 

 and he tells me that during that period 128 individual 

 naturalists and students (some of them, of course, on 

 many different occasions) have worked with him in the 

 institution. I think I may venture to assure Mr. Chadwick, 

 on behalf both of the Committee and also of all these 

 workers, of our high appreciation of the careful and 

 conscientious manner in which he has performed his 

 duties, and of our cordial thanks for his constant 

 helpfulness and cheerfulness, and for his successful 

 endeavours to meet our manifold wants, both in the 

 laboratory and on the shore. 



It is a great pleasure to me to be able to congratulate 

 Mr. Chadwick upon the mark of distinction which he has 

 recently received in being elected, on December 19th, to 

 the vacant Associateship of the Linnean Society of 

 London. The A.L.S. is a real honour, and will be 

 regarded by Mr. Chadwick's friends as a well-merited and 

 welcome recognition of his long-continued good work as 

 a naturalist. 



The continued success of the Aquarium, and the 

 increase in both the number and. the appreciation of the 

 visitors, is again most gratifying. An institution where 

 nearly sixteen thousand summer visitors are shown the 

 most interesting and beautiful of our sea-side animals 



