By the death of Lord Moyne, assassinated in Cairo on 6 November 1944, the Association has lost a very distinguished member who had contributed generously to improvements at the Plymouth laboratory and had himself made important contributions to Marine Biology. Lord Moyne had been a Governor since 1929; he was President of the Association from 1930 to 1939 and was a Vice-President at the time of his death. During the past year the Association has also suffered by the loss of Mr J. R. Norman of the staff of the British Museum, who had served on a number of occasions as a member of Council.

Four ordinary meetings of Council were held during the year, two in the rooms of the Royal Society in London, one in the Zoological Laboratory at Cambridge and one at Plymouth. At these the average attendance was II. The Association is indebted to the President and Council of the Royal Society and to Prof. Gray for their kindness in providing accommodation for three of the meetings.

The Plymouth Laboratory

During the year considerable progress has been made in the restoration of the laboratory buildings. When it became evident that enemy raids on Plymouth had ended repairs to the asphalt roofing of the buildings were carried out and the lantern light in the library was renovated, while extensive work was undertaken by the laboratory staff. Included in the latter was the replacement of numerous panes of glass in the main laboratory, the reglazing and complete internal redecoration of the library, and repairs to the constant temperature rooms.