PEOFOSED EXPLORATIONS AND IKVESTIGATIONS 27 1 



But these funds are not sufficient to finish the work — at least not 

 under many years. 



To complete the survey, twelve to fifteen expeditions would be 

 necessary, each costing from Si.ooo to $1,200, if two men are sent 

 together, and in remote regions this should always be done. With the 

 fishes large collections of invertebrates and of other vertebrates 

 could also be secured without much extra cost. 



To take care cf the collections one curator should be paid, and an 

 adequate supply of bottles and alcohol should be at hand. All this, 

 v,-ith the expeditions, could be provided for with a sum of $7,000 

 yearly for three years, besides the pay of artists and typewriters. 

 With a sm.aller sum the same results could be reached in longer time. 



The work of study of the collections could be accomplished with- 

 out expense by professors and advanced students. Artists and type- 

 writers, however, mast receive salaries, if employed. All new spe- 

 cies should be figured, and it would be most desirable if in a final 

 report all could be figured. The figures already made by the United 

 States National Museum could, of course, be used for this purpose. 



The present writer and his associates will devote their available 

 tim.e to this work, in any event, but unless especially accelerated it 

 must outlast any one man's lifetime. 



I commend this to the attention of the Trustees of the Carnegie 

 fund as a means of aiding our knowledge of the science of Ichthy- 

 olog)-, our knowledge of the geographical distribution of organisms, 

 and, tlirougii the collection at the same time of marine invertebrates, 

 of extending the range of that branch of zoology. 



In case a grant should be made to this end, Stanford University 

 will house the collections until studied, after which it will send the 

 first series to the United States National Museum and distribute the 

 rest to the museums of the world. The books necessary in this work 

 are already in the possession of Stanford University. The means for 

 publication of the wofk as a whole are not provided for. 



In case this work seems a suitable one for aid by the Carnegie 

 fund, I commend it to the attention of your honorable Committee. 



I am, 



Very truly yours, David S. Jordan, 



President Stanford University. 



