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Committee have arranged to continue their tenancy of the 

 buildings : so our landlord is no longer Mr. Thomas 

 Clague, but a Company. 



We have no desire to make a change at present, but we 

 feel that the question of expansion will have to be faced 

 soon. We have the doubtful advantage of being, perhaps, 

 the smallest Biological Station (so far as regards buildings) 

 in the world, our space is much cramped, each year we 

 are, at holiday times, over-crowded with workers, and 

 there are many additions and improvements in laboratory 

 and aquarium that are badly wanted. Our last Annual 

 Keport was most favourably commented upon in an 

 editorial review in the well-known journal " Natural 

 Science," and the article ended with the following sen- 

 tences* : — 



" We cannot, indeed, but regard it as remarkable 

 " that a wealthy city like Liverpool, with ail its 

 "traditions as a sea-port, should be unable to offer 

 " its Marine Station more than the very small sum 

 " at present at its disposal. If successful and per- 

 " severing work with small means deserves encour- 

 " agement, it certainly should not be lacking to the 

 " Port Erin Station. We wish Professor Herdman 

 " and his colleagues all success in the carrying out of 

 " their enlarged conception of local research." 

 We thank our unknown friend, and hope that his view 

 of the matter may be adopted by the citizens of Liverpool. 

 But we do not ask merely for money to enable us to 

 carry on more work. We want more than material 

 support. We wish to have the moral support afforded by 

 knowing that we are of use to the community. At present 

 we educate (in the laboratory) a small number of Science 

 and Medical Students : we should like to educate all kinds 



Natural Science " tor March, 1899, p. ISO. 





