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collection by exchange, by purchase, and by excursions, he bad 

 also as the chief manager to try and procure more money both 

 for his own and the antiquarian branch. Here also, his work 

 was crowned with success, thanks to his unwearied perseverance, 

 and warm zeal for the growth of the museum, which could not fail 

 to persuade the financial authorities. 



It is due, as the present writer has shown elsewhere, 1 ) to 

 Danielssen's interest, though less directly, that Bergen has become 

 the seat of the first and most complete Biological Station in our 

 country. The station belongs to the museum, and owes its exi- 

 stence to the liberality of the townspeople, but it would never 

 have been established if Danielssen had not during his long career 

 aroused among the Bergen citizens a strong feeling of the im- 

 portance of scientific research, and thus created an unusually strong 

 public spirit with regard to the requirements of science. 2 ) 



The income of the museum in the year in which Danielssen 

 became one of the managers, was about 222 £, of which 188 £ came 

 from the state treasury. The institution had a considerable debt, 

 the interest on which was 42 £, and the building had to be kept 

 in order at the expense of the association. 



In 1893 on the contrary, thanks to his energetic efforts, the 

 accounts were wound up with an income of about 1666 £; 

 the town council had undertaken the charge of the building and 

 the fire insurance, and instead of a heavy debt, the museum poss- 

 essed several legacies, which were mainly due to Danielssen's 

 influence. Joachim Friele has presented the museum with a sum 

 of 3777 £, the interest being applied to scientific investigations 

 and their publicatiom It is by means of this fund that the museum 

 has been able to publish seven volumes of annual reports, with 

 scientific treatises, and four volumes of publications in 4to. Later 

 on C. Sundt started a fund of 277 7 £ for the same object under the 

 name of "Henrik Sundfs Legacy" ; and consul C. Børs has, by a deed 

 of gift, promised the museum a legatory donation of the same 

 amount, and for a similar object. Finally Danielssen has bequea- 



2 ) Die biologische Meerestation in Bergen (B. M. Aarsberetning- for 1890 

 no. V.) 



2 ) The first serious step towards the establishment oi the Biological 

 Laboratory was tåken by the contributions subscribed at a great banqnet 

 given in 1890 by Bergen citizens in honour of Danielssen's fiftieth anniversary 

 as a state ofncial. 



