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the usual larval forms of Crustacea, Ecliinodermata, Mollusca, &c. 
A beautiful pink Appendicularian was taken twice off Cullercoats, 
and at the first excursion of the Northumberland Coast Club, I 
was glad to find the Actinotrocha larva of Phoronis. It is interest- 
ing to note that while I got only one specimen, Dr. Brady, who was 
also using a surface net, but a fathom or so deeper, obtained a 
large number. Cyphonautes larvje were very numerous during 
July and August, and also Dinoflagellate Protozoa. 
In conclusion I have to say that there are many other general 
observations in regard to the life of the coast, which have been 
made, but for the main reason of want of time, it is impossible to 
give at present. I have much pleasure in acknowledging from my 
friends — R. Y. Green, Esq. and G. E. Crawlrall, Esq., two guineas, 
which I expended in buying the following works : Cunningham’s 
Marketable Marine Fishes, 7/6; McIntosh and Masterman’s British 
Marine Food Fishes, £1 Is. ; and McIntosh’s Resources of the Sea, 
15/-. Mr. Wright, of the Hancock Museum, kindly presented us 
with the first two volumes of Bowerbank’s British Spongiadre. 
And our thanks are due, likewise, to the Scottish Fishery Board, 
and to Prof. Herdmau and the Lancashire Sea Fisheries Com- 
mittee for their annual reports, as well as to investigators in various 
departments of Marine Zoology and Fisheries for copies of their 
papers. 
The laboratory has had added to its resources for carrying on the 
work of investigation, (1) a large collection of dredging apparatus 
presented by Dr. G. S. Brody, (2) a microscope provided with a 
micrometer eyepiece, (8) a rocking microtome, (4) a paraffin bath, 
and (5) an installation of gas. These latter acquisitions have been 
made through the Technical Education Committee, together with 
many valuable works of reference, and render possible a kind of in- 
vestigation which before could not be attempted. Through the Sea 
Fisheries Committee, a coble has now been added to the Laboratory’s 
equipment, and it has already furnished much valuable material for 
reporting upon the marine life of Cullercoats. 
The accompanying report upon the molluscan life of the coast, 
from material collected since the establishment of the laboratory 
serves to illustrate the necessity for more room to form a museum 
for reference and display. We have very little accommodation for 
storing our collections, and there is no doubt a small museum 
would be useful as a picture of our local life, as well as a valuable 
aid to teaching. 
