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the "concierge," if desired. All the resources of 

 the station, boat and fishermen, are at the dis- 

 posal of workers. 



Income: Sources: University of Montpellier, the 

 State, City of Sete, etc. 



Amount: About 35,000 francs annually. The 

 personnel is paid separately. 



Provision for the publication of results: Travaux de 

 la Station de Sete, of which 19 volumes have 

 appeared since 1896; they are being continued. 



Station Biologique de Tamaris sur Mer ('37) 



History or origin: Established in 1901. 



Location: Tamaris sur Mer (Var.) near Toulon. 



Organization to which attached: University of Lyon 

 at Ecole des Hautes Etudes. 



Purposes: Experimental researches on marine or- 

 ganisms; studies of the Toulonnais littoral fauna 

 and flora. 



Scope of activities: Special researches in biochemistry 

 and the electro-physiology of invertebrates. 



Equipment: Laboratory of biochemistry, 1 room 

 6 m. X 6 m., 2 rooms 3 m. by 3 m. ; electro-physiol- 

 ogy, 1 room 6 m. X 6 m., 1 room 3 m. by 3 m.; 

 museum, the collections are devoted to the 

 fauna and flora of the road-stead of Toulon. 

 Gasoline boat, 6 m. long, for fishing and dredging 

 on the bottom from 2 to 25 meters in depth 

 and for collecting plankton; one boat 6 m. long, 

 with a glass bottom for making biological observa- 

 tions; and one canoe. 6 bed-chambers for 

 workers. 



Staf: Director, Doctor H. Cardot, Professor of 

 Physiology of the Faculty of Sciences of Lyon. 

 Sub-director, Doctor A. Bonnet, in charge of the 

 courses in zoology, of the Faculty of Sciences 

 at Lyon. Assistant, Doctor A. Jullien. 1 fi.sher- 

 man-caretaker. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: The station can 

 admit about 10 investigators, nothing is demanded 

 of them except reimbursement for room service 

 and from those who take lodgings. 



Income: Sources: Regular grant from the Ministry 

 of Public Instruction, 25,000 fr. Regular grant 

 from I'Ecole pratique des Hautes Etudes, 5,000 

 fr. Various subventions from scientific funds. 

 Ministry of Marine, Director of Hygiene, etc. 



Provisions for publication of results: None. The 

 station sends each year a series of separates of the 

 work published during the course of the year for 

 purposes of exchange. 160 notes were published 

 from 1927 to 1936 



Station Zoologique de I'Universite de Paris a 

 Villefranche sur Mer ('37) 



History or origin: Established in 1886 by Professor 

 A. Korstneff; functioned until 1914 as a private 

 laboratory. In 1914 it was transferred to the 

 Russian Government and was attached to the 

 Russian Ministry of Public Instruction. Since 

 1931 the station has been attached to the Univer- 

 sity of Paris. 



Location: Villefranche sur Mer, Alpes MaritLmes, 

 France. 



Organization to which attached: The University of 

 Paris and functions as regards administration 

 as an annex of the Laboratoire Arago a Banyuls 

 sur Mer but with an autonomous budget. 



Pxirposes: Study of pelagic fauna, macro- and micro- 

 plankton, which is particularly rich in the Bay of 

 Villefranche sur Mer and its immediate vicinity. 

 Researches by specialists on different problems 

 of marine biology, zoology, botany, bacteriology. 

 Practical and theoretical instruction in zoology 

 Is given for students of the universities and the 

 upper schools. 



Scope of activities: Investigations on the plankton 

 and its distribution (foraminifera, radiolaria); 

 studies of vertical and horizontal submarine 

 currents. 



Equipment: Room for practical work for 30 students; 

 laboratories for 10 separate workers; 10 large 

 aquaria, installations for 24 research aquaria; 

 museum of local fauna; library of 12,000 volumes; 

 motor boat of 4 tons for collecting pelagic or- 

 ganisms and handling small dredges, boat with 

 oars and sail; 8 bedrooms for 16 workers. 



Staff: Director in common with the station and 

 laboratory at Arago a Banyuls sur Mer, 0. 

 Duboscq, Professor at the Sorbonne. Sub- 

 director, G. Tregouboff, radiolaria and parasitic 

 protista. Assistant, Mr. le Docteur Roger, 

 Etude des MoUusques. 1 mechanic, 1 fisherman, 

 1 woman housekeeper, 1 concierge. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: The station can 

 receive at one time, 30 workers of which 16 can 

 be given lodgings. The workers of all countries 

 are admitted on the payment of the subscription 

 of 200 fr. per month. Workers registered in the 

 French universities and the subjects of countries 

 that rent work tables in the station (4000 fr. 

 per year) are exempt from the payment of fees. 



Income: Annual grant from the Ministry of Public 

 Instructions, 120,000 fr. ; in addition to which 



