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upon original investigation. 
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be returned to the Smithsonian Institution. 
4. Should investigations for which a grant has been made be of 
considerable duration, a summary of progress should be submitted 
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report in which the results of such investigations may be recorded. 
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results obtained, if it desire to do so. If this cannot be done with- 
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as hitherto, when requested, interpose no obstacle to the publication 
elsewhere of the fullest abstract of such results, with the under- 
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SMITHSONIAN TABLE AT NAPLES ZOOLOGICAL STATION 1 
In response to a memorial signed by nearly two hundred biologists, 
representing about eighty universities, colleges and scientific insti- 
tutions in the United States, the Smithsonian Institution has for 
the past twelve years supported a table at the Naples Zoological 
*For a detailed account see H. W. Burnside’s paper in SMITHSONIAN QUAR- 
TERLY, Vol. 11, Part 1, No. 1476. 
