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which have ah-eady been made, and that much of this has not yet 

 been sufficiently analysed. Before starting upon these new 

 schemes we ought to be in a position to answer the following 

 questions : — 



{a) What do we want to know that we do not know ? 

 (6) Are we sure that the knowledge is not already 



available ? 

 (c) How do we propose to obtain the requh'ed informa- 

 tion ? 



It may be urged and with reason that all kind of work relating 

 to the sea is essential and important, and that it is undesirable 

 to limit it to j^roblems which may be defined as of economic import- 

 ance. The demarcation bet\Aeen Applied and Pure Science is by 

 no means always apparent, and indeed a great deal of the work 

 which lies before us may be said to belong to the domain of the 

 latter. It is to be hoped, therefore, that whatever the control 

 may finally turn out to be, the resources of the country with 

 respect to the Marine Laboratories, the Universities and the 

 Museums will be fulh^ utilised before new schemes involving 

 additional expenditure are considered. 



ALEXANDER MEEK. 

 Slst October, 1919. 



