106 THE PROPOSED ZOOLOGICAL STATION AT SYDNEY, 



3. — The material used for investigation, if it is left behind by 

 the investigators, should either (as may frequently be the case) 

 be put aside as an interesting anatomical preparation in a 

 permanent collection in the Zoological Station, or if it is worth 

 the cost of preservation (the price of the spirit) be kept as 

 material. 



I have not grudged the time for going into these details, for I 

 am so perfectly convinced of the absolute necessity of the 

 Zoological Station, that I merely regard its foundation as a 

 matter of time, and also because everything that I say here for 

 the future Station in Sydney applies to any other (Japan, Islands 

 of the Pacific, &c.) The interval between the bringing forward 

 of my proposal (September, 1878,) and the actual foundation will 

 afford a good test of the degree and intensity of scientific life in 

 Australia — at least in Sydney. 



Mr. Archer considered it a singular coincidence that while 

 Baron Miclouho-Maclayhad been pressing so ably on the attention 

 of the Scientific Societies of the City, the necessity for a Zoological 

 Station at Sydney, he should have received from so eminent an 

 authority on Aquaria as Mr. Lloyd a letter expressing his desire 

 to see an Aquarium established on the shores of Port Jackson. 

 * * * " It is a matter greatly to be regretted that you 

 possess no such means, as we have here, for observing the lower 

 forms of animal life, in a living state. I shall be most happy to 

 contribute in any way in my power to the establishment of 

 an Aquarium which would afford facilities for observing the 

 interesting, and little known fauna of Australia." * * * 

 A conversation of an interesting nature ensued in which Dr. Cox 

 and others took part, discussing the best means for ensuring the 

 desired result. 



