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and, in a less degree, of South Africa, Australia, or India. It 

 is true that in much fishery legislation, even in Britain, the 

 important investigations at St Andrews have been ignored 

 on other than scientific grounds, and apparently their very 

 existence not recognised or known to the authorities ; but 

 in other parts of the British Empire their value is fully appre- 

 ciated, and in the United States reference is often made to 

 them, while in France, Germany, and Italy all the authorities 

 attach great value to them. 



The Marine Station, fortunately, has been able to carry 

 on its surprisingly important work at St Andrews with very 

 slight aid, and indeed without any since 1896, from the more 

 than ample resources provided by the British Government 

 for fishery investigations. This condition of things appears 

 almost incredible, for it was Lord Reay who pronounced it 

 to be an institution in the service of science of the highest 

 importance. ' It ranks,' he affirmed, ' amongst the most valu- 

 able of the marine laboratories of the world.' As was said 

 twenty years ago, in an article already alluded to, ' with 

 extension and further development, the well-nigh unique 

 conditions it can boast bid fair to make it one of the most 

 valuable and interesting scientific institutions of the kind 

 in existence.' Lord Reay recognised its value when he said, 

 ' The Laboratory ranks amongst the most prominent scientific 

 institutions of Scotland. It is one of the principal connect- 

 ing links of our Universities with those of other countries.' 1 



PUBLISHED RESULTS OF ST ANDREWS INVESTIGATIONS 



From St Andrews there have issued, in a long and inte- 

 resting succession, papers of the most important scientific 

 character numbering close upon five hundred. Up to 1896 

 no less than three hundred and thirty-nine of these papers 

 had been issued from the St Andrews Station, almost all on 



1 English Illustrated Magazine, July 1889. 



