682 REPORT— 1898. 



Concluding Remarks. 



I would point out, in conclusion, that the number of caves examined 

 by me is small in comparison with the large number scattered over the 

 peninsula. Probably the greater number have never been visited by any 

 •European. Few persons here have the time and facilities for making 

 researches of this kind, and fewer still have the knowledge or inclination 

 which would enable them to make observations of value. However, as 

 the country gets more and more opened up and accessible, it may be hoped 

 that more extended researches into the geology may be made by pei'sons 

 resident here. 



Canadian Biological Station. — ¥irst Report of the Committee consistitig 

 0/ Professor E. E. Prince {Chairman), Dr. T. Wesley Mills, Dr. 

 A. B. Macallum, Professor John Macoun, Professor E. W. 

 MacBride, Mr. W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, and Professor D. P. 

 Penhallow (Secretary), on the Establishment of a Bioloijical 

 Station in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 



At a meeting of the Committee held in March last, it was resolved 

 to approach the Dominion Government with a view to enlisting its co- 

 operation and financial aid in the establishment of a Biological Station in 

 the Gulf of St. Lawrence, which should be devoted primarily to investiga- 

 tions on the nature and the sources of the food of fish, oysters, and lobsters, 

 while it was also hoped that facilities might be afforded whereby the 

 various universities where biological work is carried on could secure oppor- 

 tunities for specially qualified students to conduct scientific investigations. 

 In April a communication was addressed to the Minister of Marine and 

 Fisheries, Hon. Sir L. H. Davies, K.C.M.G., embodying the following 

 recommendations : — 



1 . That a floating station be established in the Gulf of St. Lawrence 

 for a period of five years. 



2. That this station be established first on the southern coast of 

 Prince Edward Island, and that it be moved each year to a new location 

 according to requirements. 



3. That the various universities and scientific bodies of Canada should 

 be granted certain privileges with respect to opportunities for qualified 

 investigators as may hereafter be determined. 



4. That the scientific work of the station be executed, as far as possible, 

 by experienced investigators connected with our various universities. 



5. That while the station remains a Government institution, the 

 administration be vested in a special Board consisting of one or more 

 representatives from the Department of Marine and Fisheries, and one 

 representative from each of the universities represented in support of this 

 petition. 



6. That an appropriation of ^15,000 be made for this purpose, of 

 which 1^5,000 shall be applied to construction and outfit, and ,^10,000 to 

 maintenance for a period of five years. 



This communication was presented by the Committee, supported by an 

 important representation from the maritime provinces and from the 

 leading universities of the Dominion. 



The request was granted, and an appropriation of ^^7,000 has been 

 made to meet the cost of construction and outfit and the running expenses 



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