The number of workers who have occupied tables at the Laboratory during the winter months has not been large. It becomes increasingly evident that the amount of work which can be carried on during this period of the year must depend upon the number of naturalists who can be employed by the Association to undertake general or special investigations. At the present moment our funds will only permit of the employment of one such naturalist, who is engaged in fishery investigations. My own time is so much occupied with administrative and other duties, that comparatively little of it can be devoted to scientific research. It may be worth while to point out once more that whilst the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries is allowed an annual sum of £35,000 for salaries alone, a considerable portion of which is devoted to the payment of naturalists engaged in research, the total income of the Marine Biological Association amounts to only about £2000 a year.