ON THE ZOOLOGICAL STATION AT NAPLES. 335 



Occupatio7i of a Table at the Zoological Station at Naples. — llepori of 

 the Committee, cormsting of Dr. P. L. Sclater, Professor E. Rav 

 Lankester, Professor J. Cossar Ewart, Professor M. Foster, 

 Mr. A. Sedgwick, the late Professor A. M. Marshall, and Mr. 

 Percy Sladen {Secretarij). 



Al'I'l-.XniX T. T T71 o 



J. — On tlie ' Beductioii Dirlsion' in the Cartilagmous Fishes. By J. i<i. fe. 





Moore 



n. A List of KatHTolists who have worked at the Zoological Station from 



the end of June \^9i^ to the end of June \i,'^i ^^^^ 



]][. — A Lint of Fajjerx whirh hare heen published in the year 1893 hy the 



Naturalists who hare occvjned Tahlcs at the Zoological Station . . 3-tl 



During the past year the table hired by the British Association in the 

 Naples Zoological Station has been occupied by Mr. J. E. S. Moore, and 

 your Committee have pleasure in directing attention to the important in- 

 vesti<'ations carried on by him, and to the carefully worked-out results 

 which are indicated in the accompanying report sent in by Mr. Moore. 

 In the opinion of your Committee this report alone is sufficient to justify 

 them in strongly recommending the renewal of the grant. 



An application for permission to use the table during the ensuing year 

 for a period of six months, commencing at the end of September, has been 

 received from Mr. M. D. Hill, who wishes to continue his researches on 

 fertilisation in the eggs of 'Echinoderms, MoUusks, and Annelids. Your 

 Committee hope that the Association, by continuing the hire of a table as 

 in previous years, will enable them to afford to their applicant and to 

 other British naturalists the chance of participating in the advantages of 

 this justly predominant and well-managed institution. In further support 

 of this expression the Committee beg to lay before the Council the cogent 

 remarks of Professor Anton Dohrn contained in the following letter 

 addressed to their Secretary. This letter furnishes at the same time a 

 report — by the one best qualified to give it — of the present position of the 

 station, as well as a statement of its claims upon the naturalists of other 

 countries, and especially upon all broad-minded scientific workers who 

 advocate the importance of international co-operation : — 



Naples : Jul3^ .o, ISII-t. 



Dear Mr. Sladen, — To give in a few words my report on the progress 

 of the Naples Zoological Station, I may be permitted to say, ' Vivit, floret, 

 crescit ' in all its parts. 



In fact, this is the plain truth : the life of the station is best proved 

 by the number of those who use its opportunities for research ; its flourish- 

 ing state by the quality and the quantity of scientific publications produced 

 there in the course of one year ; and its growth by tlie addition of new 

 arrangements for library, laboratory, and administration. As figures speak 

 for themselves, I may add that 800/. sterling have been spent this year for 

 the latter purpose alone. 



All tliis is too well known by those who take an interest in the 

 development of this institution to require a new or detailed explanation. 

 What is less generally known, but often considered by the best and most 

 confiding friends of the Zoological Station as the greatest drawback and 



