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deep-sea expedition of 1890, the recent Antarctic 

 exploring voyage of the Gauss ', and in 1901 

 the German share of the international scheme 

 of fisheries investigations which is now being 

 carried out. In 1892, shortly after the cession 

 of Helgoland by Great Britain to Germany, the 

 Government of the Empire established the present 

 biological station on that island, at a cost of about 

 2875, and in 1897-8 it also gave a sum of 400 

 to assist in the equipment of a fisheries museum 

 in connection with the laboratory. An annual 

 grant for the station and staff is also made, which 

 in 1897-8 amounted to about 1037. These 

 are considerable sums, and in Germany, where the 

 emoluments of scientific men in the higher ranks 

 of their profession are on the whole less than 

 in Britain, they represent more than they would 

 in this country, and are a sufficient indication of 

 the interest displayed by the Fatherland in the 

 prosecution of scientific research. 



The Kiel Kommission consists, then, of a body 

 of men all whose time, apart from that occupied 

 by their strictly professional duties, is occupied 

 with sea-fisheries research, and who sit in "per- 

 manent session." They are exceedingly active 

 investigators, and each has made most important 

 additions to our knowledge of marine biology and 

 fisheries science. They are all colleagues of one 

 university, and are thus in constant touch with 

 each other. Instead of being restricted to the 



