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VII. 
SECOND EEPORT ON" THE MARIJS'E FAOTA OF THE 
SOUTH-WEST OF IRELAJS'D. By Peofessok HADDOI^ 
AND Eev. W. S. GEEEI^". 
[Read December 12, 1887.] 
lOTEODUCTION. 
The Dredging Committee, whicli published its ''First Eeport on the 
Marine Fauna of the South-west of Ireland" in the Proceedings of 
the Eoyal Irish Academy in 1886 (2nd Series, vol. iv., Science, pp. 
599-638), undertook to conduct a second expedition in the summer 
of 1886. The Committee consisted of Dr. E. P. Wright, A.M., Secre- 
tary, E.I. A., F.L. S., &c., Professor of Eotany in Dublin University; 
Joseph Wright, Esq., F.G.S. of Belfast; Eev. W. S. Green, A.M., 
F.E.G.S., Carrigaline, county Cork; with A. C. Haddon, M.A., 
M. E. I. A., &c.. Professor of Zoology, Eoyal College of Science, 
Dublin, as Secretary. 
In the autumn of 1885 the Secretary was authorized to apply to 
the Government Grant Committee for assistance towards defraying the 
cost of the dredging operations. This application was granted early 
in January of the following year, and £100 was placed at the disposal 
of the Committee, under the following conditions, which had been pre- 
viously offered to the Government Committee : — 
*'l. With regard to Specimens. — The Committee propose to give 
the first set of all specimens collected on the expedition to the Science 
and Art Museum, Dublin, and also duplicates of all those specimens 
which the Eeporters of groups do not desire to keep for future refe- 
rence or for anatomical purposes. 
''In the case, however, of microscopic organisms (Foraminifera, 
Ostracoda, &c.), which require special and particular care in mounting, 
it is proposed merely to give the first set to the Museum. 
" 2. With regard to Apparatus. — The Committee further propose 
to deposit any apparatus or tackle bought with a portion of the 
Government grant in the above-mentioned Museum, where it will 
always be available for similar purposes." 
