THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION 
OF THE 
UNITED KINGDOM. 
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Patron— HIS MAJESTY THE KING. 
President— Sir RAY LANKESTER, K.C.B., LL.D., F.R.S. 
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The Association was founded “ to establish and maintain Laboratories on 
THE COAST of THE UNITED KINGDOM, WHERE ACCURATE RESEARCHES MAY BE CARRIED 
ON, LEADING TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF ZOOLOGICAL AND BOTANICAL SCIENCE, AND TO 
AN INCREASE OF OUR KNOWLEDGE AS REGARDS THE FOOD, LIFE CONDITIONS, AND nABITS 
of British food-fishes and molluscs.” 
The Laboratory at Plymouth 
was opened in 1888. Since that time investigations, practical and scientific, have 
been constantly pursued by naturalists appointed by the Association, as well as by 
those from England and abroad who have carried on independent researches. 
Naturalists desiring to work at the Laboratory 
should communicate with the Director, who will supply all information as to 
terms, etc. 
Works published by the Association 
include the following: — ‘A Treatise on the Common Sole,’ J. T. Cunningham, M.A., 
4to, 25/-. ‘ The Natural History of the Marketable Marine Fishes of the British 
Islands/ J. T. Cunningham, M.A., 7/6 net (published for the Association by 
Messrs. Macmillan & Co.). 
The Journal of the Marine Biological Association 
is issued half-yearly, price 3/6 each number. 
In addition to these publications, the results of work done in the Laboratory 
are recorded in the ‘ Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science/ and in other 
scientific journals, British and foreign. 
Specimens of Marine Animals and Plants, 
both living and preserved, according to the best methods, are. supplied to the 
principal British Laboratories and Museums. Detailed price lists will be forwarded 
on application. 
TERMS OF MEMBERSHIP. 
Annual Members . . . .£110 per annum. 
Life Members . . . . 15 15 0 Composition Fee. 
Founders ...... 100 0 0 ,, „ 
Governors (Life Members of Council) 500 0 0 
Members have the following rights and privileges: — They elect annually the 
Officers and Council; they receive the Journal free by post; they are admitted to 
view the Laboratory at any time, and may introduce friends with them ; they have the 
first claim to rent a table in the Laboratory for research, with use of tanks, boats, etc. ; 
and have access to the Library at Plymouth. Special privileges are granted to Governors, 
Founders, and Life Members. 
Persons desirous of becoming members, or of obtaining any information with 
regard to the Association, should communicate with — 
The DIRECTOR, 
The Laboratory, 
Plymouth. 
