MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY. 



secured. lu the fifth year au additional 

 laboratory of the size of the original build- 

 ing was constructed. In the seventh year 

 a new laboratory was built for botany and 

 a large dining hall was erected, capable of 

 accommodating two hundred people at one 

 time. In the ninth year a building con- 

 taining a large lecture hall and research 

 laboratories was constructed and a two- 

 masted schooner was added to the fleet of 

 collecting boats. 



Althougli this growth in material equip- 

 m,eut has been rapid, the needs of the labo- 

 ratory have grown still more rapidly. The 

 buildings are all of a temporary character 

 and can be used only in summer ; at least 

 one substantial, fire-proof building is need- 

 ed which can be used the year around ; the 

 library is inadequate to the needs of such 



aquaria and, although cordial and mutu- 

 ally helpful relations have always existed 

 between the two stations, additional land, 

 with shore privileges, ought to be secured 

 while it can be had ; above all the Labora- 

 tory needs increased endowments both for 

 special purposes, such as scholarships, li- 

 brary, publications, etc., and also for gen- 

 eral maintenance. 



The growth in material equipment, 

 though encouraging, is overshadowed in 

 importance by the growth in the number of 

 persons in attendance at the Laboratory. 

 In 1888 there were nine investigators 

 and eight students representing thirteen 

 difierent institutions of learning ; in 1899 

 thei-e were seventy one investigators and 

 seventy-eight students representing sixty- 

 nine difierent institutions. In all during 



Fig. 3. Main Building, Botanical Laboratory, Lecture llj 



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an institution ; the facilities for collecting 

 should be enlarged and increased ; the 

 Laboratory is entirely dependent upon the 

 Fish Commission Station for wharf privi- 

 leges and for pumping sea water to its 



the twelve sessions there have been in at- 

 tendance five hundred and ten investigators 

 and seven hundred and forty-five students 

 from nearly three hundred difierent edu- 

 cational and scientific institutions, while 



