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direct ratio with the growth of population. The first of the 
laboratories named in the list, that of Naples, has cost, in per- 
manent plant alone, over $100,000, and is carried on at an annual 
expense of $20,000. The laboratory and fittings of the English 
station, at Plymouth, were completed at a cost of over $60,000, 
raised by subscription. The two Austrian and the eight French 
stations have been fostered by the intelligent and progressive men 
of their respective countries, and have given abundant returns in 
practical contributions to knowledge. The Japanese station has, 
during its few years of existence, done much to alleviate certain 
sources of public distress. The following list represents the 
number of such stations and the countries where they are 
situated: Italy, 1; Austria, 2; France,8; Holland, 2; Belgium, 
1; Germany, 1; Sweden, 2; Great Britain, 5; Russia, 1 ; Japan, 
1; New South Wales, 1. In the United States we have one at 
Wood's Holl, Mass., and one under charge of the U. S. Fish 
Commission, at the same place. In the wide range of our Atlantic 
and Gulf coasts south of Wood's Holl no station exists. 
Through the energy of Prof. C. S. Dolley, of the University of 
Pennsylvania, and the liberality of Mr. Chas. K. Landis, of Vine- 
land, New Jersey, ground has been obtained at Sea Isle City, Cape 
May County, N. J., and a commodious building has been erected 
on it to serve as a station for biological research. 
The final establishment of the Laboratory of Marine Biology 
upon the New Jersey coast is the outcome of a long and careful 
consideration of ways and means, undertaken by the University of 
Pennsylvania, to ascertain how it could best meet its own needs 
and the requirements of biologists at large. 
_ To place the laboratory upon the more northerly New England 
coast necessitated its closure during the winter months on account 
of climatic conditions. 
To have accepted the offers of suitable properties in Florida, 
or the Bahama Islands, would have necessitated the absence of a 
number of the university's staff of naturalists during the collegiate 
year, when their services are particularly needed at home. Com- 
parative inaccessibility applied to either alternative. The decision 
in favor of the present location of the laboratories is based upon 

