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costs for hydrographic surveying by the Coast and Geodetic Survey 

 nor the cost for rehabihtation of ships for oceanographic research 



by the Navy. / rv..^ ^r>N 



Finally, the NASCO report, while specifying the future (1960-69) 

 costs of ship operation for studies of radioactivity in the ocean which 

 would be conducted for the Atomic Energy Commission through the 

 device of fund transfer, did not add this item to the total cost. 



It should also be noted that all the proposals for the next 10 years 

 in oceanography reflect expansion exclusively in terms of Federal 

 sponsorship. Neither the program nor the fund requirements carry 

 any detail on the extent to which additional support would be ex- 

 pected or provided from State governments or from increased endow- 

 ments and grants from private or commercial sources. The NASCO 

 report recommends stimulation of these sources in quahtative terms ; 

 but in lieu of any more specific detail, no further amplification of this 

 point can be made. . . 



Apart from modifications to the N.A.SCO figures .]ust mentioned, 

 data have been tabulated in this report in a somewhat different form 

 so as to distinguish more clearly the different segments of fiscal require- 

 ments, and so as to combine all of the research and surveying activities, 

 and all of the laboratory and ship construction activities. The data 

 have been presented in several alternate forms as well, to facilitate the 

 interpretation which follows. All of these modifications to the 

 NASCO data and reclassification of fiscal requirements have had the 

 benefit of review by the Executive Secretary of the Committee on 

 Oceanography. The revisions are still regarded as consistent with the 

 initial proDOsals by NASCO and are, therefore, so identified. 



Table 16 contains a breakdown of future oceanographic research 

 budgets (proposed for Federal sponsorship) according to specific 

 activity. From these data, it is possible to identify the different 

 sectors of costs for: 



(a) Basic research investigations. 



(b) New resources. 



(c) Radioactivity in the oceans. 



(d) Hydrographic surveys and ship operation. 



(e) Education and training. 



Column 7 gives the total by year for all of these oceanographic 

 activities, from which has been excluded new laboratories and research 

 ships. Such capital expenditures are listed later in Table 16 including, 

 in column 12, totals for capital equipment. 



From this table it is clear that the program proposed by NASCO 

 visualizes, for the next 10 years, a total expenditure of $867.21 million, 

 of which $520.71 million Is jor direct research and survey activity and 

 $346.50 million for capital equipment. 



By a comparison in the table with actual expenditures for Fiscal 

 1958, the rate of increase proposed by NASCO can be determined. 

 In the aggregate, research and surveying for Fiscal 1969 would be 

 operating "at an annual level of $68 million in contrast with 1958 

 operations of roughly $20 million, or an increase by a factor of 3.4. 



As in the case of previously cited data concerning the existing level 

 of activity, the original NASCO data specifically excludes costs for 

 military oceanography and for the operation of ships scheduled for 

 programs in military oceanography or military surveying. 



