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growth. It has been necessary to make two substantial addi¬ 
tions to the original building, making three buildings in all at 
present. The first addition was the physiological laboratory 
which was erected some years ago, but the second addition has 
been completed just recently. The first two buildings had table 
accommodations for fifty biologists but the third itself will 
accommodate fifty, thus providing for a hundred in all. A sub¬ 
sidiary station has also, recently been erected on the island of 
Ischia for the purpose of studying the fauna and flora of that 
district. 
The station is gradually becoming self-supporting but it still 
receives subsidies from many of the European governments. 
Tables are rented for $500 each per year and many of them are 
subscribed for by governments, universities, and scientific insti¬ 
tutions and societies. 
A large public aquarium is located in the basement of the 
main or original building. The large display tanks are espe¬ 
cially well lighted from above, so that the material that is on 
exhibition is seen most advantageously. The wealth and great 
variety of animals exhibited in the various tanks make the 
aquarium one of the chief attractions of Naples and it is regu¬ 
larly sought by large numbers of visitors. 
The library has grown rapidly also and recently it became 
necessary to assign more room to it. It has long been regarded 
as one of the very best working libraries in marine zoology. 
Another interesting feature of the station is the supply de¬ 
partment. Much material is constantly being brought in and 
that which is not needed for immediate use in the laboratories, 
is killed and prepared for sale to universities, museums, or in¬ 
dividual investigators. The methods used for preparing this 
material yield excellent results so that there is a good demand 
for these preparations. In addition to smaller boats, the sta¬ 
tion possesses two steamers which are equipped for deep-sea 
dredging. 
A building has just recently been completed for a new bio¬ 
logical station near Cagliari on the island of Sardinia. The 
work places and living rooms are at the disposal of investigators 
of all nations. The Sardinian coast possesses a rich and varied 
