50 TRANSACTIONS LIVERPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
On the Continent of Europe such institutions as ours are 
usually erected and maintained in the most liberal manner by 
the State or from other public funds. In America, on the 
other hand, asin our country these scientific and educational 
buildings are usually left to private enterprise, and in visiting 
them one finds laboratory after laboratory, with occasional 
libraries and students’ dormitories, named after the donors 
who have added them. We have had a few generous friends 
in the past who rendered possible the foundation and the 
early success of the Liverpool Marine Biology Committee. I 
hope you will find we have still friends in Liverpool who are 
willing to help us to proceed further in our investigation of 
the sea and its inhabitants, and in teaching the results 
obtained. 
Iam, my dear Treasurer, 
Yours very truly, 
W. A. HERDMAN. 
Epwin TuHompson, Esq., 
Hon. Treasurer of the L.M.B.C.”’ 
The response has been most gratifying and the 
Committee specially thank Mrs. and Miss Holt for the 
generous donation of nearly half the amount required. 
£300 was originally asked for, but when a more detailed 
estimate was obtained it became evident that, including 
such necessary extras as heating and lighting, £350 would 
be required to cover the total cost. Subscriptions 
amounting to £295 15s. Od. (as shown in the following 
list) have been received, and if £8 8s. Od. received as one 
third share of the fees for the Oceanography Course be 
added to this fund there is a deficit left of about £46, 
towards which the Committee hope some further sub- 
scriptions will be added in order that the new wing may 
be thoroughly equipped with the necessary fixtures before 
next Haster 
