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Committee have arranged to continue their tenancy of the 
buildings: so our landlord is no longer Mr. Thomas 
Clague, but a Company. 
We have no desire to make a change at present, but we 
feel that the question of expansion will have to be faced 
soon. We have the doubtful advantage of being, perhaps, 
the smallest Biological Station (so far as regards buildings) 
in the world, our space is much cramped, each year we 
are, at holiday times, over-crowded with workers, and 
there are many additions and improvements in laboratory 
and aquarium that are badly wanted. Our last Annual 
Report was most favourably commented upon in an 
editorial review in the well-known journal ‘“ Natural 
Science,’ and the article ended with the following sen- 
tences* :— 
“We cannot, indeed, but regard it as remarkable 
“that a wealthy city lke Liverpool, with all its 
“traditions as a sea-port, should be unable to offer 
“its Marine Station more than the very small sum 
“at present at its disposal. If successful and per- 
“severing work with small means deserves encour- 
“agement, it certainly should not be lacking to the 
“Port Erin Station. We wish Professor Herdman 
“and his colleagues all success in the carrying out of 
“their enlarged conception of local research.”’ 
We thank our unknown friend, and hope that his view 
of the matter may be adopted by the citizens of Liverpool. 
But we do not ask merely for money to enable us to 
carry on more work. We want more than material 
support. We wish to have the moral support afforded by 
knowing that we are of use to the community. At present 
we educate (in the laboratory) a small number of Science 
and Medical Students: we should like to educate all kinds 
* “Natural Science” for March, 1899, p. 186. 
