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periods, possibly the seas of very remote geological ages. Dr. F. H. 
Scott took the food of the sea-urchin as a subject, and, from the examina- 
tion of several hundreds of echinoderms, concluded that minute plants, 
protozoans, etc., formed the staple food of these creatures, where carrion 
and sea-weeds were not plentiful. The last-named materials were 
devoured if available; but it appeared improbable, as had been maintained 
on the western Nova Scotia shores, that extensive tracts could be wholly 
denuded of sea-weeds by these echinoderms. This denudation was, it 
may be added, regarded as the cause of the salmon and cod and other 
fishes forsaking the littoral regions. Some able researches were con- 
ducted by Dr. R. R. Bensley (now Professor in Chicago) including 
faunistic work in Passamaquoddy Bay, and Dr. B. Arthur Bensley, 
amongst other studies, completed a paper on “ The Sardine Industry in 
relation to the Herring fisheries of New Brunswick,” and showed that 
small herring, 5 to 7 inches long, formed the main part of the so-called 
Canadian sardine catch, upon which the flourishing town of Eastport in 
Maine, the centre of the sardine canning industry, largely relies for raw 
material. 
Dr. Joseph Stafford has been the most devoted member of the staff 
of the station and has never missed a single season, usually being the 
first to arrive and the last to leave. His zeal and his scientific accom- 
plishments justified his selection as curator of the station, and it is im- 
possible to over-estimate the value of his unceasing labours to the 
institution. Dr. Stafford has paid special attention to the fauna in 
each of the four localities where the station has been beached, and it is 
possible that the collection of specimens and the faunistic lists he has 
in preparation will be a welcome addition to Dr. Whiteaves’ invaluable 
list of the Eastern Canadian invertebrata. Dr. Stafford has made for 
himself a reputation as a specialist in Helminthology, and parasites 
generally, and his papers published in Germany, the United States, and 
Canada, bear testimony to his skilled and indefatigable powers. Amongst 
numerous papers by Dr. Stafford, the fruit of the work at the station, 
I can only mention one, as an example, viz., the paper in the “ Zoo- 
logischer Anzeiger,” May, 1904, on “Trematodes from Canadian 
Fishes,” describing 58 species, belonging to no fewer than 16 new genera, 
and 13 new species, a very striking record in a single paper. I have 
referred to Dr. Stafford’s interesting embryological work in _ oyster 
development, but while the station was at St. Andrews the clam industry 
there attracted his attention, and in 1901 appeared his report on “ The 
Clam Fishery of New Brunswick,” with four beautiful plates by Mrs. 
Stafford, a singularly gifted scientific artist. whose early death was 
a loss to Canadian science. As a fishery official I know that this report 
