714 
BLAKENEY POINT IN 1913. 
On the completion of the Laboratory, the Trustees became 
qualified to receive a promised grant of £\0Q from the Percy 
Sladen Memorial Trust, in furtherance of investigations to be 
carried out at Blakeney Point. 
The Accounts here given deal with the building of the 
Laboratory and relevant expenditure. The omission of certain 
essential items from the original estimate of £150 explains the 
small deficit {£1 16s. Id.) which has been incurred. 
£ s. 
d. 
£ s. 
d. 
By Subscriptions 181 1 
6 
To Mr. W. R. 
Deficit ... 7 16 
1 
Allen, builder, 
of Blakeney... 179 12 
8 
Costof “Appeal,” &c. 2 5 
Legal Charges 
0 
and Insurance 6 19 
11 
188 17 
7 
188 17 
7 
By a Declaration of Trust dated June 11th, 1913, the 
Laboratory has been vested in three Trustees, viz., the Hon. 
N. Charles Rothschild, A. G. Tansley, and F. W. Oliver. As 
vacancies arise on the Board of Trustees, it has been arranged 
that they should be filled by alternate nominations by the 
British Ecological Society and the Society for the Promotion of 
Nature Reserves. 
The Trustees acknowledge with gratitude the services of Mr. 
W. A. Forsyth, F.R.I.B.A., freely given in connection with the 
plans and erection of the Laboratory. 
Organisation of Work. 
Systematic studies into the vegetation and faunistics of 
Blakeney Point were begun in 1910, with the cordial approval 
of the late Lord Calthorpe, when the area was visited by 
working parties organised by the Botanical Department of 
University College, London. These parties consist of members 
of the staff and advanced students of the Department, together 
with other workers from the Rothamsted Laboratory, from 
