CATALOGUE OF INSTITUTIONS— ENGLAND, ESTONIA, FINLAND, FRANCE 



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Thalassological Institute, Finland' ('37) 



History or origin: Established in 1918. (Earlier 

 organization from 1899.) 



Location: Helsinki (Helsingfors). 



Organization to ivhich attached: Governmental Scien- 

 tific Institution and the Ministry of Commerce. 



Purposes and scope of activities: Scientific studies 

 around Finland: general conditions, the physical 

 and chemical properties of the sea water, the 

 variations of the water level, the currents and the 

 ice, as well as other related questions. Regular 

 ice reports for navigational purposes issued during 

 winter. The Institute represents Finland in 

 international oceanographic work. 



Equipment: Laboratory for work on the physical 

 and chemical aspects of oceanography; wireless 

 station; 17 water-stage registering stations, 21 

 tide-pole stations; more than 100 stations for 

 ice-ob.servation; routine oceanographic observa- 

 tions made at 26 coastal stations and 8 light 

 vessels; s.s. Natulius placed at the disposal of 

 the institution for the work in summer. 



Staff: Scientific: 



Director: vacant. Acting Director: Mag. G. 



Granqvist. 

 Consulting members: Prof. Hj. Tallqvist; Prof. 



K. M. Levander. 

 Thala!3sologists: Dr. S. E. Stenij, Chief of Section 

 for the study of Water-Level; Dr. E. Palm^n, 

 Chief of Thalassological Section; Mag. G. 

 Granqvist, Chief of Section for Ice. 

 Scientific assistants: Mag. Risto Jurva; Dr. 



Stina Gripenberg; Two vacant. 

 Technical and clerical: 5; 1 wireless operator. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: No regular. 



Income: Item in the budget of the Government. 



Provision for the publication of results: Finliindische 

 Hydrographisch - Biologische Untersuchungen, 

 quarto, nos. 1-10, and 12 and 13 published 

 between 1907 and 1914. No. 11 has not been 

 published (not continued). 



Present series of publications: Merentutkimus- 

 laitoksen Julkaisu (Finnish), Havsforskningsin- 

 .stitutets Skrift (Swedish), octavo, nos. 1-108 



' Witting, Rolf, Orgartization des Instituts fiir Meeres- 

 forschung in Finnland, III Hydrologische Konferenz der 

 Baltischen Staaten, Warezawa, Mai 1930. 



Witting, Rolf, and Granqvist, Gunnar, Thalassological 

 work in Finland. Appendix 9, pp. 52-58: Association 

 d'Ocfeanographie Physique, Veme, Assemblee Generals 

 r6unie k Lisbonne 1933, Proces-Verbaux No. 1, Appendix 9, 

 pp. 52-58, Helsingfors 1934. 



Annual Reports for the years 1919-1935, published in the 

 series mentioned below. 



published between 1920 and 1936. The publica- 

 tions are i-ssued either in Finnish and Swedish 

 (separately or bilingual) or in English, German, or 

 French. 



France 

 Le Laboratoire Arago de Banyuls sur Mer ('37) 



History or origin: Established in 1881 by Henri de 

 Lacaze-Duthiers. 



Location: Banyuls sur Mer. 



Organization to which attached: Part of the Faculty 

 des Sciences dc Paris. (As also Lab. de Roscoff.) 



Purposes: Zoology and botany. 



(Scope of activities: Marine biological and oceano- 

 graphic conferences and practical work for the 

 students of the University. 



Equipment: 22 individual work-rooms, more than 40 

 work places in common rooms ; 28 sleeping rooms, 

 5 of them double. Public aquarium, besides an 

 aquarium set aside with work benches. 1 

 gasoline boat St. Vincent; 3 .small boats (canot); 

 Important library. 



Staff: Director, Professor O. Duboscq; Chef de 

 travaux. Mile. 0. Tuset; Assistant, M. LeCalves; 

 1 chief mechanician, M. Becque; 1 assistant; 

 1 chauffeur; 4 sailors; 1 laboratory assistant. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: The prices of the 

 work places is fixed at 200 francs per month. 

 There is no charge to investigators from those 

 countries who have rented a table by the year 

 (4,000 francs). 



Income: Source: Work tables and the sale of ani- 

 mals, 10,000 francs; budget from the University, 

 150,000 francs; Amount, 160,000 francs. 



Provisions for publication of results: Generally in the 

 Archives de Zoologie Experimentale. 



Station Biologique d'Arcachon ('34) 



History or origin: Established in 1863. 



Location: Arcachon (Girondc). 



Organization to which attached: Private, belonging 

 to La Soci6t6 scicntifique d'Arcachon. 



Purposes: Marine biology. 



Equipment: 10 laboratories, 1 for physiological stud- 

 ies, all possessing fresh and sea water, gas and 

 electricity. Motor boat ; important library; rooms 

 for workers. 



Staff: Scientific : 



Director, Dr. R. Sigalas, Professor of Faculty 

 of Medicine, Bordeaux. 

 Librarian-keeper of collections, Com. Metzger. 



