ON THE ZOOLOGICAL STATION AT NAPLES. 



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The following is a list of the names in an approximately correct chrono- 



logical order : 



1. Prof. Kleinenberg. 



2. Prof Waldeyer. 



3. Mr. F. M. Balfour (2 years). 



4. Mr. A. G. Dew-Smith. 



5. Prof. Wilhelm Miiller. 

 G. Prof. Salensky. 



7. Dr. Rajewsky. 



8. Dr. Steiner. 



9. Prof. Henlohc. 



10. Prof. KoUman. 



11. Dr. Greef. 



12. Prof. Eanke. 



13. Dr. Hubrecht. 



14. Prof. Ray Laukester. 



15. Dr. Ivossmann. 



16. Prof. Hoifmann. 



17. Prof. Oscar Schmidt. 



18. Prof. Claus. 



19. Prof. Selenka. 



20. Prof. Langerhans. 



21. Prof. Bobretzky. 



22. Prof. Rosenberg. 



23. Prof, von Anknm. 



24. Dr. Gotte. 



25. Dr. Laurent. 



26. Dr. Zincoue. 



27. Dr. Horst. 



28. Dr. Ulianin. 



29. Dr. Panzago (2 years). 



30. Mr. A. M. Marshall. 



31. Dr. Cavanna (2 years). 



32. Dr. Eetter. 



33. H. Isnokoff. 



Naturally many of the researches undertaken by these gentlemen, espe- 

 cially those made during the past winter, have not yet been published ; it is 

 therefore impossible to give any thing like a fair statement of the scientific 

 results of the Station. It would be useless to give a list of those memoirs 

 which have up to the present moment been published, and it would be 

 invidious to pick out any for special comment ; but we may say that among 

 the researches, both published and unpublished, are some of very high bio- 

 logical importance, such as would alone justify the application of the word 

 success to the Station. 



Next winter Dr. Dohrn proposes to begin a series of annual accounts of 

 the work done at the Station ; in fact a sort of scientific almanack of the 

 place, so that the actual research achieved may be made known to all. 



4, TJie present ivants of the Station. 

 The large aquarium pays fairly well as a popular exhibition. 



Since the 

 guide-books have admitted it into their list of things worth seeiug at Naples, 

 the number of foreign visitors, English, German, and Russian, has been 

 steadily increasing. Nevertheless the receipts from this source can never be 

 looked upon as a main or a stable source of income. A European war or 

 an epidemic of cholera would in such a case at once put the Station m 



jeopardy. • i-. •■ 



It is the money paid by Governments, Universities, and other institutions 

 for the command of the laboratory tables which is to be regarded as the 



real income. , , , -■. . 



Of the total 24 tables, 17 are already let ; and Dr. Dohrn calculates that 



when the whole 24 are let \ the Station will be able, with strict economy, 



to pay its way. , n j> . -i-x. i- 



We had intended to make this Report entirely a statement of facts, without 

 adding any suggestions for action ; but if we have shown (and we venture 

 to think we have) that the Zoological Station at Naples is doing sound 

 scientific work, and is offering unusual advantages for research to Bntish no 

 less than to German investigators, we may perhaps conclude our Report by 



