SECTION A. GENERAL ZOOLOGY. 



Tuesday, 2^, August, at the Guildhall at 2.15 p.m. 



Chairman, Prof. Spexgel. 



Secretary, Dr HOEK. 



Assistant-Secretary, Mr Graham Kerr. 



Prof. MiTSUKURl of Tokyo read the following paper : — 

 Zoological Matters in Japan. 



I ought perhaps to begin my paper by asking your indulgence 

 for calling your attention to matters which are not strictly scientific, 

 and moreover for treating them in a somewhat desultory manner. 

 But I hope you will agree with me in thinking that at a Congress 

 like the present, where persons of all nationalities come together 

 and where the forming and renewing of personal acquaintances is 

 necessarily a large and important feature, papers on subjects other 

 than strictly technical ones are not out of place. Especially 

 for those from a country like Japan, which is comparatively little 

 known to the outside world, it is entirely proper, I hope, to tell 

 in what status their science really is. If any of you should chance 

 to visit Japan, I think you would probably wish to visit our 

 laboratories, our marine stations, to look over what collections 

 there are, to glance into our publications, to become acquainted 

 with zoologists, and so forth — in short to know what and how 

 much is being done in zoological work in Japan. But as it is not 

 probable that I shall have the pleasure of welcoming many of you 

 in my country, I have thought I might interest some of you by 

 telling you about these matters in the present Congress. Since 

 Mahomet cannot go to the mountain, the mountain must come to 

 Mahomet, and I only fear you will find only a small mouse coming 

 out at the end of that mountain. 



As I have only so recently treated of the history of our Science 

 in Japan S I shall not go into it again here in detail, but I might be 



1 Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, \'oI. i. Introductory. 



