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Later on in the year the Eoyal Irish Academy granted a sum of 
£40 towards the expenses of the expedition. 
A Meeting of the Committee was held early in 1886, when plans 
were laid for the proposed cruise, and the party was made up, and 
their several duties assigned to each memher as follows : — 
E,ev. "W. S. Geeen — To have sole control over the boat, crew,, 
dredging machinery, and commissariat. 
Lieut. W. H. W. Pereott, B.A., E.A. — To have sole control of 
all sounding and bottom temperature operations, in addition to the 
navigation and plotting the course. 
T. H. Thomas, F. E. Camb. A. — To draw all the animals the Com- 
mittee request him to draw. 
J. "W. "Weight, Esq. — To secure samples of marine deposits for 
Foraminifera and Ostracoda. 
H. W. Jacob, Esq., A.B. — To enter the lists of captures of each 
haul of the dredge, to keep the log, and to help in preserving the 
specimens. 
A. E. Nichols, B. A., M.E.I. A. (in place of William Swakston) — 
To take charge of the tow-nets, to collect the surface organisms, and to 
record the air and surface temperatures. 
C. B. Ball, M.D., E.E.C. S.I.— To have charge of the purely 
fishing operations, to examine all fish for parasites, and to eviscerate 
the fish and preserve their viscera in spirits. 
Professor A. C. Haddon — To have the general direction of the 
scientific portion of the operations. To enumerate the general con- 
tents of every haul of the dredges, and to be responsible for the proper 
preservation of the specimens. 
These general instructions were accepted, and as far as possible 
heartily carried out. The Committee again desire to express its great 
indebtedness to the skill and cheerful zeal of Lieutenant Perrott. The 
practical experience of Dr. Ball in matters pertaining to yachting and 
fishing proved most valuable : fortunately, his professional services 
were not required. Mr. Kichols further assisted in calculating loga- 
rithms for the navigation ; and lastly, the Committee feel a debt of 
gratitude to Mr. Thomas for undertaking, from purely disinterested 
motives, to depict the interesting forms of life under conditions so 
unfavourable, and for the fidelity and beauty of his representations. 
Mr. Green undertook to make all the requisite arrangements with 
the Clyde Shipping Company, to see to the provisioning of the steamer, 
and also to institute inquiries concerning the various kinds of warp to 
make dredges and nets, and the construction of a sounding machine. 
