Figure 23.— H. V. Wilson, Professor at North Carolina University 

 and Director of the U, S. Fisheries Laboratory at 

 Woods Hole. 



commercial fisheries. At the same timie the facilities of the 

 laboratory were made available without charge to professors of 

 various colleges and their students or to other qualified investi- 

 gators. With a few exceptions the Laboratory was open only dur- 

 ing the summer and the major part of the Station's activities 

 were concerned with hatching eggs of marine fishes. Vinal N. 

 Edwards was employed as "permanent collector", helping the 

 investigators by his knowledge of local fauna and assisting 

 them in obtaining the needed material. During the years of 1893 

 to 1896, inclusive, the following persons, listed in chronologi- 

 cal order, were in charge of the laboratory: James L. Kellogg, 

 J. Percy Moore, serving two years, and James L. Peck. In 

 1898 H. C. Bumpus was appointed as "Director of the Laboratory", 

 and remained in charge until 1901. The number of biologists 



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