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The Zoological Station at Naples will in all probability be one of 

 the most important centers for special research work connected with 

 the award of special grants mentioned under VI. It is therefore 

 desirable, and this committee strongly recommend, that the Carnegie 

 Institution subscribe annually for a table at Naples to the value of 

 five hundred dollars ($500). Among the applications which will 

 presently be received is one for a special line of investigation at this 

 station. 



Respectfully submitted. 



Henry FairfieIvD Osborn, Chairman, 

 Edmund B. Wilson, 

 W. K. Brooks, 



Conwiitiee. 



New York, October i^, igo2. 



IX. Supplementary Notes. 

 Extract from letter of Dr. C. Hart Merriam, dated fune 7, igo2. 



"While in accord with much of the report, I find myself more 

 and more opposed to the plan of scattering the work and funds of 

 the Institution. I am opposed, therefore, to the first of the general 

 principles stated. It seems to me that, as a rule, existing institu- 

 tions should be allowed to continue their work without aid or inter- 

 ference from the Carnegie Institution. 



' ' Its affairs should therefore be conducted from the first with an 

 appreciative sense of the dignity, unity of purpose, and continuity of 

 effort essential in an organization which means so much for human 

 progress. Its strength and influence should not be weakened by 

 diluting and scattering its resources, but husbanded for uses in 

 keeping with the promise and scope of the Institution. It is quite 

 conceivable that its rich endowment might be so distributed as to 

 partake of the nature of charities to individuals and institutions. 



" For some time I shared the views expressed in the committee's 

 report, but have gradually come to change my position in this 

 matter. I am now fully convinced that the Carnegie Institution 

 should carry on its own work, under its own name, and should pub- 

 lish the results in its own series of publications. ' ' 



