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(4) A consideration of organisms injurious to timber. 



To meet these objects and to facilitate the elucidation 

 of these problems the present Laboratory was built and 

 equipped. 



The Laboratory itself (the construction of which was 

 commenced in June, 1899) is a one-storey building, well 

 lighted from above and from the sides. In the centre is a 

 large room where ten or twelve investigators may comfort- 

 ably work. It is provided with tables and shelves, basins, 

 fresh and salt water, etc. 



At either end are two smaller rooms for the use of the 

 Director, storage of glassware and reagents, and for the 

 tanks supplying the fresh and salt water. These last are 

 replenished by means of pumps, of which there are two, 

 one operated by hand, the other by hot air. While the 

 present equipment of the Laboratory leaves much to be 

 desired, much has already been done in this direction. A 

 boat, dredges, tow-nets, etc., have been provided, and the 

 Laboratory contains, in addition, the nucleus of a reference 

 library of no small value, including a complete set of the 

 " Challenger " Eeports, a gift from the British Government. 



The Laboratory was designed as a floating station, and 

 with this object a barge lias been constructed, upon which 

 it may be placed and towed from one locality to another. 



Its present situation has been well chosen, viz., St. 

 Andrews, N.B., on the shore of Passamaquoddy Bay. 



In speaking of Passamaquoddy Bay Prof. Ganong says : 



" Lying in the south-western corner of Charlotte County, 

 with a length of fifteen and a breadth of seven miles, it 

 receives tbe waters of four rivers and many smaller 

 streams, and is filled by the tide twice each day through 

 four narrow cliannels. The degree of hardness of the 

 surrounding rocks is favorable to the existence of a great 

 variety of life ; for they consist largely of soft, easily 

 eroded conglomerates and sandstones, which are carried 

 away by the strong tides and deposited among the islands. 



