Report of Royal Society's Representative on Great Barrier Reef Committee

The Committee has been busy with the reopening of the Heron Island Research Station. The station now consists of a laboratory-library building, a workshop-laundry, and a Maintenance Officer's cottage. Facilities include a 15-foot launch and a dinghy.

Plans are in hand for extension of the laboratory, and erection of both a dormitory building housing 16 and an aquarium.

The funds available are by no means sufficient for the proposed programme. Investigations are being made as to grants in aid, and exploratory measures are being taken as regards the registration of the Great Barrier Reef Committee as a limited liability company.

The Heron Island Research Station is a great asset to biologists and deserves support. In the last year 18 visiting scientists have made use of the facilities available and several scientific papers. published and in press, incorporate work done at the station.

Beryl I Brewin, Royal Society's Representative Great Barrier Reef Committee.