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Excerpt from Agricultural News, Vol. 4: A Fortnightly Review of the Imperial Department of Agriculture for the West Indies; January to December, 1905 The U. S. Monthly Consular Reports for August 1904 contain an interesting account of the establish '1nent of a biological station at Bermuda. As the result of two expeditions of American scientists - one in 1893 and the second in 1897 - organized by Professor C. L. Bristol, of New York University, the importance and feasibility of establishing such a station was suggested. The expeditions found an unexpected 'wealth of specimens and a climate in which work could be carried on during the summer months without risk of injury to health. These expeditions have been continued year by year, and Professor A. E. Verrill, of Yale, has twice visited the islands and has published the first volume of a valuable work on the natural features of the Bermuda Islands. The second volume is to deal almost wholly with Zoology. As a result, largely of the efforts of the American Consul, considerable progress has been made in the establishment of the station. The Colonial Govern ment will purchase land and erect a building which will also provide a public. Aquarium. The Royal Society and the Carnegie Institution have made grants towards the objects of the project, while the New York and Harvard Universities are affording assistance by organizing a temporary laboratory in connexion with 'the Bermuda. Natural History Society which has already commenced useful work. This Society was formed by a number of influential citizens in 1901. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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