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logical station, where pari passu with purely scientific 
work in the interests of pure science, research could be 
and would be carried out, for instance, into the history of 
the diseases of tropical plants and animals, if only 
limited to fungoid and inse6l pests, is a distinct need, 
and would be of such enormous practical utility as to 
enlist the assistance of agriculturists of all grades and 
of all countries. 
The extension of a Biological Station to include such 
research would entail but a comparatively slightlncrease 
on the initial expenses of the station ; since the addi- 
tional fittings, both of apparatus and books, would be 
comparatively small. The chance here offered alone, of 
collecting in one central place, a complete biological 
and scientific library of reference, within convenient 
reach of all science workers in the region, is one that is 
more than worthy of the greatest support. That all 
agricultural pursuits would be benefited by the prosecu- 
tion of scientific research under suitable conditions, and on 
a scale beyond the reach of individual communities, can 
hardlv be doubted ; and enormous potentialities for agri- 
cultural and scientific teaching would in this way be 
brought into existence. That such a central Biological 
Station would meet with the wider support of all the 
governments of the various Islands and States, if only on 
the selfish policy of its direct utility to their individual 
needs, may almost be taken for granted ; and perhaps it 
is not yet too late to take into consideration the exten- 
sion of the original scheme. 
Sugar Cane Borers, — Little by little, contributions 
are being made towards the compilation of an accurate 
