REPORT OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ZOOLOGY 



CONTENTS. 



Page 



I. General Principles 165 



II. Permanent Advisory Committee 166 



III. Personnel 167 



IV. Marine and Experitiiental Stations 167 



V. Expeditions and Explorations 167 



VI. Special Grants 168 



VII. Publication 169 



VIII. Subsidies 169 



IX. Supplementan,' notes 170 



To the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institution. 



Gentlemen : The undersigned members of the Advisory Com- 

 mittee on Zoology respectfully present the following report. Pro- 

 fessor Alexander Agassiz was originally a member of the committee, 

 and the report embodies much of his valued advice. We greatly 

 regret that other duties prevented his remaining on the committee 

 until the completion of the report. Dr. C. Hart Merriam was pre- 

 vented from attending the final meeting, and some of his views, 

 expressed b}' letter, are inserted at the close. 



Our recommendations are as follows : 



I. General Principles. 



That a comprehensive plan for zoological research extending over 

 a number of years should be prepared, and that no special applica- 

 tion should be considered or acted upon until certain general prin- 

 ciples are established. Cliief among these are the following : 



1 . That it is desirable to aid other existing institutions ; not to du- 

 plicate their work, either in research or publication, but to strengthen 

 and cooperate. This is further explained under V. 



2. That it is also desirable to promote certain independent explo- 

 rations, expeditions, researches, and publications in the name of the 

 Institution. This is further explained under V and VH. 



3. That, with certain exceptions hereinafter mentioned, diffusion 

 of the advantages of the Institution throughout the existing centers 

 of research will en the whole effect better results than centralization. 



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