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cent fishes being represented from various parts of the 

 world ; good identified reference collection of local 

 fishes. 

 SIZE OF STAFF: One at professional level. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Poisonous and harmful fishes (G. P. Whitley) 

 Fresh-water and marine ichthyfauna (G. P. Whitley) 

 Growth stages of fishes (G. P. Whitley) 



DeptirtiiieiJt of Mollusks 



EXECUTIVE officer: Dr. Donald F. McMichael, Cura- 

 tor of Mollusks (and brachiopods). 



SCOPE OF activities: Unrestricted research on the sys- 

 tematics of Australian mollusks, their evolution and 

 zoogeography. 



COLLECTIONS: Comprehensive research and identified 

 reference collections of Australasian land, fresh-water 

 and marine mollusks and brachiopods ; also general 

 world-wide collections. 



SIZE OF STAFF: One at professional level; 1 technician. 



MAJOR current RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Terrestrial Mollusca of New Guinea (D. F. 



McMichael) 

 Volutidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Indo-Pacific 



Region (D. F. McMichael) 

 Studies on the terrestrial Mollusca of Australia (D. F. 



McMichael) 

 Fresh-water Mollusca of Australasia (D. F. 



McMichael ) 



Department of Annelids and Ech'inodernn 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Miss Elizabeth C. Pope, Curator. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Unrestricted research on the 

 systematics and biogeography of Australian inverte- 

 brate fauna. 



COLLECTIONS: Extensive research collections of Aus- 

 tralian invertebrates ; identified reference collections of 

 local Cirripedia, Annelida, Echinodermata, Ascidia 

 and Porifera. 



AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM 



SIZE OF STAFF: One at professional level. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Biogeographical surveys of temperate Australian 



shallow seas (Elizabeth C. Pope) 

 Systematics of Cirripedia (Elizabeth C. Pope) 

 Systematics of Echinoderms (Elizabeth C Pope) 



British Museum (Natural History) 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Cromwell Road, London, S. W. 7, 

 England. 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. T. C. S. Morrison-Scott, Di- 

 rector. 



SPONSORING AGENCY: British government. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1753. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Library one of the most 

 complete in existence of scientific and general natural 

 history books and periodicals; scope of collections is 

 world-wide. (Other facilities indicated under appro- 

 priate divisions). 



DEPARTMENTS OF MUSEUM DESCRIBED: (Activities in- 

 clude aquatic biology) 



1 . Department of Botany 



2. Department of Zoology 



Department of Botany, Diatom Section 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Robert Ross, Principal Scientific 

 Officer. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Curation and increase of scien- 

 tific collection of diatoms, fresh-water and marine, 

 recent and fossil, and fresh-water algae. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for A-6 

 visitors; no fees charged; living quarters available 

 nearby. 



COLLECTIONS: One of the world's major collections: 

 herbarium and microscope slide collection of speci- 

 mens from all over the world. 



SIZE OF staff: One at professional level; 1 technician. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Taxonomy of diatoms of East African great lakes 

 (Robert Ross) 



Department of Botany, Marine Algae Section 



EXECUTIVE officer: Mrs. Y. M. Butler, Senior Scien- 

 tific Officer. 



SCOPE of ACTIVITIES: Curation and addition to the 

 collection of marine algae and Charophyta. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Research space 

 for 4 visitors; no fees charged; living quarters avail- 

 able nearby. 



COLLECTIONS: Dried and formalin-preserved materials; 

 slides of marine algae and Charophyta. 



SIZE OF STAFF: One at professional level; 1 technician. 



major current research projects and scientific 

 leaders: 

 Gough Island marine algae (Y. M. Butler) 



