2 28 THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



Though privately founded and for some time without organic con- 

 nection with any other institution, its property and endowment were 

 deeded to the regents of the IJniversity of California in 1911, thus 

 making it a department of the university. 



The main elements in its physical being are 177 acres of land with 

 a half mile of ocean front in the city of San Diego about two miles 

 north of the suburb of La Jolla; a fireproof reinforced concrete labo- 

 ratory building 47 by 74 feet, two stories high ; a 20,000 gallon concrete 

 tank for sea water with tank house ; thirteen cottage residences, one of 

 which is a commodious two-story structure; one carefully planned and 

 well-built animal house for experimental breeding; and an eighteen-ton 

 motor boat, the Alexander Agassiz, equipped for biologic and oceano- 

 graphic work at sea. 



The laboratory contains twelve individual research rooms, six of 

 which are furnished with aquaria constructed of concrete, iron and plate 

 glass. There is also a general aquarium room with concrete tanks and 

 glass aquaria. 



A room 40 by 32 feet on the second floor contains a well-displayed 

 collection of the marine life of the San Diego region. On the first 

 floor in a combined collection and reagent room are arranged several 

 thousand bottles of research collections, chiefly of pelagic organisms. 



The library, consisting of about 3,500 bound volumes and a much 

 larger number of pamphlets, occupies three rooms on the second floor, 

 one of which serves as a journal and reading room. The books are 

 fully classified, catalogued and arranged, and as the number is increas- 

 ing rapidly the library is becoming a fairly good one for the kinds of 

 investigation prosecuted by the institution. The university library at 

 Berkeley still has to be called on, however, for many works, particularly 

 when studies which fall outside the program of the institution are being 

 carried on. 



At present the institution has an annual income of about $20,000, 

 $10,500 of which come from the Scripps endowment, $7,500 from the 

 state of California, and the balance from miscellaneous sources, chiefly 

 rentals. 



The staff consists of four resident investigators, three of whom are 

 biologists and one an oceanographer ; a business manager who acts also 

 as master of the Agassiz; a scientific secretary who serves likewise as 

 assistant librarian; an engineer and keeper for the Agassiz; and a helper 

 for the buildings and grounds. In addition, there is a non-resident 

 contingent of the research staff consisting at present of four biologists. 

 These are able by reason of their vocations to be in La Jolla only at 

 irregular intervals and for short periods, but are regularly engaged 

 upon the institution's program. They receive fixed compensations for 

 their work. 



