CATALOGUE OF INSTITUTIONS— GENERAL DISCUSSION 



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Distribution hij Countries of Institutions Engaged 

 in Oceanographic Work 



COUNTRY NUMBER 



International 9 



Algeria 2 



Belgium 2 



Czechoslovakia 2 



Denmark 3 



Egypt 3 



England 10 



Estonia 1 



Finland 4 



France 17 



Germany 8 



Greece 2 



Hungary 1 



Iceland 1 



Ireland 1 



Italy 15 



Latvia 2 



Lithuania 1 



Monaco 1 



Netherlands 3 



Norway 8 



Poland 1 



Portugal 2 



Rumania 2 



Scotland 3 



Spain 9 



Sweden 7 



Tunis 1 



Turkey 1 



Union of South Africa 4 



Yugoslavia 2 



U. S. S. R. (west part) 13 



(Siberia) _2^ 15 



Bermuda 1 



Canada (east) 5 



(west) _2 7 



Newfoundland 1 



United States (east) 20 



(west) 12 32 



Argentina 2 



Brazil 2 



Uruguay 2 



Chile 2 



Ecuador 1 



Peru 4 



Australia 5 



China 5 



French Indo-China 1 



Hong Kong 1 



Japan 18 



Neth. East Indies 2 



New Zealand 1 



Philippine Islands 5 



Siam 1 



Straits Settlements 1 



India 8 



de Banyiil sur Mer, as well as small stations. Sev- 

 eral countries that have relatively few institutions, 

 as Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, are 

 among the leaders of the world in oceanographic 

 research. 



Attention should be called to the jmucity of 

 oceanographic stations south of the Equator. In 

 South Africa there is one and there soon will be two, 

 in Java one, in Australia one, in New Zealand one, 

 and on the east coast of South America perhaps two 

 of three fishery stations. With reference to the 

 tropics, including the stations both north and south 

 of the Equator, there are the stations in India 

 which are mostly for fishery research, one in Java, 

 one in the Philippines at Puerto Galera, one in 

 French Indo-China, the Palao station of the Japa- 

 nese, and the station at Wakaiki, Oahu, Hawaiian 

 Islands. The station at Tortugas, Florida, of the 

 Carnegie Institution of Washington, falls just 

 outside the northern limit of the tropics, while the 

 Bermuda station is still farther north but semi- 

 tro]iical. The station at Ghardaqa in the Red Sea 

 is also semi-tropical, although it is considerably 

 north of the Tropic of Cancer. The number of 

 accessible, well equipped stations is very small and at 

 present they are all principally for marme biology — 

 other aspects of oceanography receive either no or 

 only secondary attention. An endeavor should be 

 made to establish on some island within the high 

 tropics a research station both for marine biology 

 and other aspects of oceanography. Several of the 

 .stations are well situated except for accessibility. 

 This is true of the station at Puerto Galera in the 

 Philippines and that of the Japanese in the Palao 

 Islands. Information has been obtained on the 

 suitability of a number of places in the Pacific. The 

 sites that seem to merit most consideration are the 

 Island of Tahiti, and some island of the Samoan 

 or Fiji group. All of these islands are on major 

 trans-Pacific steamship routes and offer opportunity 

 for the study of a wide range of oceanographic 

 problems. There should also be a station on some 

 island in the West Indies. The station at Bermuda 

 is outside the tropics; the one at Tortugas, Florida, 

 is more tropical but it is not easily accessible and 

 it is in operation only a part of the year. There 

 arc good sites in the Virgm Islands, on the Island of 

 Jamaica, and probablj' on other islands that are 

 regidarly visited by passenger vessels. 



