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which the investigators caused to be transplanted to different 

 points along the East Schelde, favorable on account of their 

 nearness to the supplies of spawning oysters. The present 

 station at the Helder is situated directly adjoining the great 

 Dyke, a small stone buiding, two stories, surrounded by a 

 small park, as seen in the adjacent figure. In itself the labo- 

 ratory is a model one, — the rooms are carefully finished, and 

 every arrangement has been made to secure working conven- 

 iences. A large vestibule leads directly into two laboratory 

 rooms, and, by a hallway, communicates with the large, well- 

 lighted library and the rooms of the director. The aquarium 

 room has, for convenience, been placed in a small adjacent 

 building. The director of this station is Professor Hoek, and 

 the President of the Society is Professor Hubrecht. 



IV. — Naples. 



The Stazione Zoologica at Naples during the past twenty 

 years has earned its reputation as the center of marine bio- 

 loeical work. Its success has been aided h\ the richness of 

 the fauna of the Gulf, but is due in no small degree to 

 careful and energetic administration. The director of the 

 station. Professor Dohrn, deserves no little gratitude from 

 every worker in science for his untiring efforts in securing its 

 foundation and systematic management. Partly by liis ])rivate 

 generosity and partly by the financial supjxjrt he obtained, the 

 ori"-inal or eastern buildintr was constructed. Its annual main- 

 tenance was next assured by the aid he obtained throughout 

 (mainly) Germany and Austria. By the leasing of work tables 

 to be used by the representatives of universities, a sufficient 

 income was maintained to carry on the work ot tlie station 

 most efficiently. A gift by the German government of 

 a small steam launcli added not a little to the collecting 

 facilities. 



Attractiveness is one of the striking features of the Naples 

 station. It has n(^thing of the dusty, uncomfortable, gloomy 

 air of the average universitv laboratory. Its situation is one 

 of the brightest ; it has the gulf directly in front, about it the 



