Jan., 1890. 
THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION. 
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is entitled to occupy a table in propria persona without pay¬ 
ment ; a governor if he foregoes this right permanently may 
nominate an eligible person to make use of a table for one 
month in each vear free of charge. 
The Journal published by the Association has hitherto 
appeared at irregular intervals, but probably in future will 
appear every six months. It is supplied free of cost to 
members, and may be purchased by non-members. The 
three numbers which have already appeared contain much 
interesting matter. In the first place there are reports of 
the various meetings of the Association, and a full description 
of the laboratory ; then there are accounts of the work done 
at the two Marine Laboratories in Scotland, and by Professor 
Herdman’s Committee, at Liverpool; and last, but by no 
means least, are papers detailing the various work which has 
been done at the Plymouth Laboratory since its opening. 
These papers are of two kinds, the one technical in character, 
the other of more general and practical interest. In the 
former category come “ Notes on some Animal Colouring 
Matters,” by C. A. MacMunn, M.D. ; “ Notes on the Marine 
Oligocliseta of Plymouth,” by F. E. Beddard; and “On a 
Tornaria found in British Seas,” by G. C. Bourne. With 
regard to the last mentioned, it is important to notice that 
Tornaria (the larva of the curious Balanoglossus , an animal 
the exact zoological position of which is doubtful) has never 
before the year 1888 been taken off our English coasts. Thus 
a very interesting addition has been made to our English 
fauna early in the history of the Association, affording a 
promising forecast of what is to come from the labours of 
those working under its auspices. 
The papers of more general and practical interest are as 
follows:—“ The Reproduction and Development of Teleostean 
Fishes occurring in the neighbourhood of Plymouth,” by Mr. 
J. T. Cunningham ; “ The Mackerel Fishery in the West of 
England,” by Mr. B. J. Ridge; and “Notes on the Fishing 
Industry of Plymouth,” by Mr. Walter Heape, M.A. 
The officials of the laboratory have also been engaged in 
making a pretty complete list of the fauna and flora of 
Plymouth Sound, from which we learn that many animals 
which twenty years ago occurred plentifully in the Sound 
are found to have migrated further out, and do not now live 
within the breakwater. 
Needs of the Laboratory.— But although good work is 
being done at the laboratory, yet many more and better 
results would be obtained if the income were larger. The 
Association has already received, or has in promise, some 
£15,000, of which £5,000 were contributed by Her Majesty’s 
