Statement by Dr [George Herbert] Fowler relative to previous and ongoing investigations of the midwater fauna, for the purpose of forwarding to Professor [Edwin Ray] Lankester Statement by Dr George Herbert Fowler covering the following: Faroe Channel 1896 Objects of the studies General Results Arctic surface fauna sinkin at lower altitudes Possible continuity of Arctic and Antarctic fauna at great depths Application to The Royal Society Council Views of the Hydrographer Scientific importance of the investigation Practically impossible except by Naval fund December 1898