12(3 The Molteno Institute for Research in Parasitology 
necessarily obtained at irregular intervals and for specified purposes. Under the 
most favourable conditions, grants are but made from year to year, a cir¬ 
cumstance that introduces a distracting element of uncertainty into the policy 
of the Institute. Moreover, since grants can only be obtained, as a rule, for 
specific researches that appeal to the judgment of the grantors, a most un¬ 
desirable limitation is placed upon the Institution in its scientific work. Means 
should therefore be found in the near future to obtain funds wherewith scientific 
work may be conducted in a more unfettered manner. 
In connection with the Institute, the position of Parasitology requires 
consideration. Founded in 1911 by the writer, this Journal has been carried 
on by him at a heavy personal loss during most of the years of its existence 
(1911-21). It is hardly to be expected that a publication of this kind should 
be self-supporting, essential though it be for the coordination and development 
of research, its circulation being necessarily limited, but it is clear that the 
cost of maintenance is small in proportion to its usefulness. It would be well 
if the Journal were made the official organ for the publication of the work done 
by investigators at the Institute whilst still serving for the presentation of 
papers derived from other sources. A suitable sum should therefore be made 
available toward the support of this Journal from endowments which may 
accrue to the Institute in the future, for, in view of the continued loss in 
publication, its continued existence is at stake. 
It is hoped, therefore, that in the near future adequate funds will be found 
for the permanent endowment of the Institute so that it may develope as it 
should and perform the functions for which it is intended. 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 
In concluding, the writer would express his deep sense of gratitude to 
Mr and Mrs Percy Alport Molteno for the splendid gift they have made to 
Science, the Empire and the University, a gift which will be appreciated to a 
growing degree in the future. Our great indebtedness to the late Mr Frederick 
James Quick, founder of the Quick Professorship of Biology, should be acknow¬ 
ledged anew, for, thanks to his foresight and the provisions of his legacy, 
wisely carried out by his Trustees and the Managers of the Quick Fund, the 
means provided by both the Molteno and Quick benefactions serve one and the 
same excellent end. We are, moreover, under great obligations to those public 
bodies and private persons who have helped on our work in the past (see p. 104) 
and, more recently, especially to the late Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal 
for his benefaction (see p. 108). 
Our warmest thanks are due to Mr Harry Redfern, F.R.I.B.A., the archi¬ 
tect of the Institute, for the extremely able manner in which he designed and 
carried out the building plans and for his ever friendly consideration of our 
wishes. The good work of the builders, Messrs William Saint and Son of Cam¬ 
bridge, speaks for itself, and we are grateful to their excellent foreman Mr Brain 
for the painstaking manner in which he carried out his multifarious duties. 
