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did not give me the right to establish the inheritance of the Zoological 

 Station on one of my four sons. The revision has now been carried 

 through, and my eldest son is directing his studies in order to be pre- 

 pared to continue the administration of the station when the time comes 

 that his father is unable to carry it on. The right of inheritance being 

 extended to all my four sons, T hope the future of the Zoological Station 

 will be considered somewhat better established now than it was some 

 years ago. 



I am further endeavouring to render the task easier for my sons by 

 collecting funds, which may serve as a reserve and pension fund for times 

 of depression, or when age and disease should deprive me and the station 

 of the valuable co-operation of any of my faithful staff, thus establishing 

 the station on the footing of an industrial or commercial enterprise, but 

 without the drawback of having to pay dividends to shareholders. The 

 progress made in this direction is naturally slow and only possible with 

 Germany's generosity ; but it is to be hoped that such funds once esta- 

 blished, and their existence made known, even private help may be obtained 

 for their more rapid increase. 



In giving you this information, dear Mr. Sladen, I hope rather to 

 augment than to diminish the readiness for help which, from the very 

 beginning, the Zoological Station has met with in Great Britain, and to 

 facilitate the maintenance of the table which the British Association has 

 so many years kept up in an institution which has become — Professor 

 Foster's own words prove it — a forerunner of many other institutions to 

 be ci'eated in the next century on an international basis for the promotion 

 of research. — Yours sincerely, 



Anton Dohrn. 



The progress of the various publications undertaken by the station is 

 summarised as follows : — 



1. Of the ' Fauna und Flora des Golfcs von Neapel,' the monographs 

 by Professor Spengel on ' Enteropneusta ' (758 pp., 37 plates), and by 

 Professor Delia Valle on ' Gammarini ' (948 pp., 61 plates) have been 

 published ; and the monograph by Dr. W. Miiller on ' Ostracoda ' is nearly 

 ready. 



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

 vol. xi., parts i. and ii., with 13 plates, have been published, and part iii. 

 is in the press. 



3. Of the ' Zoologischer Jahresbericht,' the whole ' Bericht ' for 1892 

 has been published, and the ' Bericht ' for 1893 is nearly ready. There is 

 also in the press an Alphabetical Index for the years 1886 to 1890. 



4. A new edition (entirely rewritten) of the ' Guide to the Aquarium ' 

 (in German) is being prepared. 



The details extracted from the general report of the Zoological Station,, 

 which have been courteously furnished by the officers, will be found at the 

 end of this report. They embrace lists (1) of the naturalists who have 

 occupied tables since the last report ; and (2) of the works published 

 during 1893 by naturalists who have worked at the Zoological Station. 



The preserved specimens sent out by the station during the year 

 ending June 1894 comprised 194 consignments, amounting to 17,687.70 fr., 

 as against 171 consignments, amounting to 13,334.95 fr. in the preceding 

 year. 



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