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President of the Reichstag, taking a prominent part in the proceedings. 

 A letter was also read from H.R.H. the Crown Prince to Dr. Dohrn, in 

 which His Royal Highness expressed his interest in the station, and an- 

 nounced his pleasure in supporting the movement. Worthy testimony 

 was borne by the above-named members of the German Government to 

 the services rendered to science by Professor Dohrn, and of the appre- 

 ciation in which his many personal sacrifices in the establishment and 

 maintenance of the station were held. The responsibility of the Govern- 

 ment in fostering such an undertaking was also fully acknowledged. 



Since the last Report was presented additional tables have been taken 

 by Italy and Prussia, supplementary to those previously engaged. These 

 countries as well as Bavaria, Baden, and Cambridge, have also agreed to 

 increase their subscription to 100Z. per annum for each table ; and similar 

 negotiations are pending with other lessors. With reference to the ex- 

 pected increase above indicated, in the income of the station, the Direc- 

 torate wish to point out that it is to be entirely devoted to the purpose 

 of increasing the present means of investigation, and of establishing a 

 large physiological laboratory. The fulfilment of such anticipations 

 would enable the station to conduct important and exhaustive investiga- 

 tions on sea-fisheries, to develope their scientific basis, and to prosecute 

 biological researches in the widest aspect on questions touching the 

 habits, localities, etc., of marine animals and plants ; in short, to embi'ace- 

 the whole field of organic research in the sea. 



The General Collections. — The Zoological Station has this year for the 

 first time received a welcome addition in the form of a valuable series of 

 foreign specimens. These consist of two large collections of well-pre- 

 served animals and plants from the Atlantic, and the Eastern and Western 

 coasts of South America, obtained by Captain Chierchia of the ' Vettor 

 Pisani ' (Italian navy), an officer who had received instruction at the 

 station during the winter of 1881-2 in the methods of preserving marine 

 organisms. The various groups have been distributed amongst Italian 

 and German naturalists for determination and investigation. Further col- 

 lections are also expected shortly from other Italian and German ships. 



The Publications of the Station. — The following details will indicate 

 the activity of this department of the Zoological Station. 



1. Of the ' Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel,' the following 

 monographs have been published since the last Report : — 



VII. R. Valiante, Cystoseirce, 30 pp., 15 pi. 



IX. A. Andres, Actinia (parte prima), 459 pp., 13 col. pi. 



X. B. Uljanin, Doliolvm, 139 pp., 12 pi. 



XI. A. Lang, Polycladce, (1. Halfte), 240 pp., 24 pi. 

 XII. G. Berthold, Cryptonemiacece, 24 pp., 8 pi. 



Of the following list the first mentioned work is already in the press,, 

 and the others are in course of preparation. 



A. Lang, Polycladce (2. Halfte), about 400 pp., 16 pi. 

 J. Fraipont, Polygordiiis. 

 G. v. Koch, Goryoniidm. 

 I\ Falkenberg, liliodomelcce. 



2. Of the ' Mittheilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel,' 

 vol. iv. has been completed, occupying 522 pp., with 40 plates ; and vol. v. 

 — parts i. and ii. are already published. Several of the papers in this series 

 of memoirs are written in English. 



3. The ' Zoologischer Jahresbericht ' for 1882 is published, and occu- 



