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The Robertson Museum is also a by no means unimportant part of the 
Institution.. ‘“ Mrs. Robertson having kindly handed over to the Committee 
the collections of her late husband, it was found that the cases fitted up 
round the walls of the Museum afforded quite inadequate accommodation 
for all the specimens. A large double case was accordingly added, fitted 
with forty-eight drawers and trays, to receive the valuable collections of 
Carboniferous and Glacial Fossils, and these collections will be exhibited to 
any who are interested in them, besides being at the disposal, for reference, 
of specialists or others working at the Station.” 
Tue Gatty Marine Laboratory of St. Andrews, directed by Prof. W. C. 
McIntosh, does not publish Annual Reports, but still continues to effect a 
great amount of active work. As the Professor writes to us, “ Marine 
zoology proper and the zoology of the fisheries form the chief pursuit.” At 
.the end of 1896, however, there was published at Dundee an excellent 
brochure on the Gatty Marine Laboratory, written by the Director, in 
which, among other matters, reference to the chief laboratories at present 
in existence was made. ‘It is a remarkable fact that whereas about thirty 
years ago no such institution existed in any country, a chain of them now 
encircles the world.” On the question whether a Marine Laboratory as 
that of St. Andrews, which sprang into existence for the sake of the 
fisheries, should be in connection with the University alone, or subsidized 
by a Public Department, is answered by Prof. McIntosh in favour of the 
former. ‘‘A University Marine Laboratory gives greater freedom in in- 
vestigation, and the administration is untrammeled by the frequent demand 
for results as.a quid pro quo for the public expenditure (which may only 
cover the original equipment and the attendant); in short, is no longer 
under the necessity of showing what it has done for the fisheries of the 
country, and is removed from the intricate network of the political sphere.” 
St. Andrews as a site for the study of marine animals has a reputation 
probably as ancient as the foundation of its University—founded in 1411 
—‘“‘for amongst the early records of the latter allusion is made to tlie 
marvels of the sea and its inhabitants as a means for improving the minds 
of its students.” The new Marine Laboratory owes its existence to the 
generosity of Dr. Charles Henry Gatty, who presented the University 
with a sum of £2500 for that purpose. The number of naturalists who 
resort to this establishment, and the papers published by the Directors 
and others connected therewith, bear ample testimony to the great work 
done at St. Andrews for marine zoology. 
Tue Jersey Biological Station is, we are surprised to learn, run by 
purely private enterprise, and that of one man. Mr. James Hornell, its 
Director, writes us :—‘‘ You may not be aware that the work done here is 
