668 General Notes 
—The Boston Biological Laboratory was incorporated in 1888, 
and is under immediate charge of Director C.O. Whitman, Ph.D., 
and Instructor B. H. Van Vleck, S.B. It is at Wood’s Holl, 
Massachussetts. A convenient site has been secured close to the 
shore and to the laboratories of the United States Fish Commission. 
The Laboratory building consists of two stories : the lower story for 
the use of students receiving instruction, the upper story exclusively 
for investigators. he Laboratory has boats, dredges, and 
other collecting apparatus; it is also supplied with running 
sea-water, with alcohol, and other reagents, glass-ware, microtomes, 
aquaria, etc. ; a limited number of microscopes for students’ use an 
a small reference library. The Laboratory for Students was 
opened on Tuesday, July 17th, at 9 a.m., for a systematic course of 
six weeks in zoology. By permission of the Director students may 
continue their work until September 20th, without additional pay- 
ment. Microscopes, glass-ware, etc., are supplied without extra 
charge except for breakage. The fee for this course is twenty- 
five dollars ($25), payable in advance. The Laboratory for 
Investigators is equipped as fully as the means permit. Micro- 
scopes are provided, but it is believed that investigators will 
find most of their indispensable wants satisfied. The fee for an 
investigator’s table is fifty dollars ($50) for the present season. 
Owing to the late day on which the announcements were sent out 
there are but about half a dozen students present this year 12 
either department. 
