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INTRODUCTORY. 



organ of their own was felt. Thus was established in that year, 

 under the auspices of the Tokyo Zoological Society, a monthly 

 publication entitled the " Dôbntmtjaku Zasshi " (Zoological Maga- 

 zine). This had a twofold design ; first, to serve as a means of 

 communication among followers of the science in Japan, and secondly 

 to spread the knowledge of Zoology among non-specialists, especially 

 among teachers of the subject in primary and middle schools. 

 The periodical is in the Japanese language, and popular as well as 

 special papers have been published side by side. The Magazine 

 is now in its ninth volume. 



About the same time, the Journal of the College of Science, 

 Imperial University, was established. Thus was opened a con- 

 venient channel for carrying abroad the intelligence of scientific 

 investigations conducted in Japan, and those who look over the 

 ten volumes of the Journal will see that zoologists have not been 

 slow in availing themselves of the opportunities afforded. 



The prospects of our science in Japan have never been 

 brighter than they are at this time. All of its main branches, 

 including applications of it to practical purposes such as Fisheries, 

 Sericulture, Entomology, etc. are now fairly represented. Each 

 year will see gradual additions to the specialists of different groups, 

 as the number of graduates from the Imperial University in- 

 creases. The Marine Station at Misaki, which has become 

 too small for our growing body, will be removed within the 

 present year to a new site, about two miles north of its present 

 location, and its accommodations will be considerably enlarged. 

 While perhaps not essential to the pursuit of science, the extreme 

 beauty of the situation, which commands a matchless view of 



