MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY. 



secured. la the fifth year an 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. 



Although this growth in material equip- 

 ment 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 gi-owth in the number of 

 persons in attendance at the Laboratory. 

 In 188S there were nine investigators 

 and eight students representing thirteen 

 diiferent institutions of learning ; in 1899 

 there were seventy one investigators and 

 seventy-eight students representing sixty- 

 nine different institutions. In all during 



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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 different edu- 

 cational and scientific iustitutions, while 



