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Colonies." This costly gift from England, with its elaborate 

 encyclopaedic treatises and superb colored plates, is a library 

 in itself ; but a large series of English, German, French, and 

 American memoirs and works, has been also secured. The 

 Station is well equipped with nets, dredges and deep sea tackle, 

 including a beam-trawl, besides possessing a small launch, row- 

 boat and appropriate gear. 



The management of the Station was placed by the Govern- 

 ment in the hands of a Board of nine members, a distinguished 

 company, including some ot the most brilliant scientific men in the 

 Dominion. As already stated, at their head is Professor Prince, 

 Commissioner of Fisheries, and a former President of our Society, 

 while Professor Ramsay Wright is Assistant Director, and Pro- 

 fessor D. P. Penhallow is Secretary, and the remaining members 

 are Professors Bailey (Fredericton, N.B.), A. P. Knight (Kings- 

 ton, Ont.), A. B. Macallum (Toronto), E. W. MacBride (Mon- 

 treal), the Rev. Abb6 Huard (Quebec), and Dr. A. H. Mackay, 

 Superintendent of Education (Halifax, N.S.). A number of these 

 eminent authorities have conducted original investigations in the 

 Station for longer or shorter periods, during its three years of 

 existence ; two years of which it was located at St. Andrews, 

 N.B., and one year (1901) at Canso, N.S. Of other scientific 

 workers who have occupied research tables, mention may be made 

 of Dr. R. R. Bensley (Toronto), Dr. Joseph Stafford (Montreal), 

 Mr. B. A. Bensley (Toronto), Dr. F. Slater Jackson (Montreal), 

 Miss Ganong (St. Stephen), Mr. FJower (Kingston), Dr. F. H. 

 Scott (Toronto), Prof. Fowler (Kingston), Mr. C. Maclean Eraser 

 (Toronto), Mr. G. A. Cornish (Toronto), and Dr. Linwood, of 

 New York. The Government enjoined that scientific work should 

 be carried on, as far as possible, with practical objects in view, in 

 return for the pecuniary support granted from the public funds 

 ($5,000 for construction, and $2,000 per annum for current ex- 

 penses). That this understanding has been abundantly fulfilled is 

 apparent from the papers now printed, and it may be questioned if 

 any marine station in the world has within three years from its 

 foundation, furnished results so extensive, so valuable in a utili- 

 tarian sense, and so interesting, scientifically, as this Canadian 

 Station. To take some concrete examples, for over a hundred 



