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5 Section chiefs and custodians: Biology, Pro- 

 fessor Dr. Thilo I&umbach. Professor of 

 economic geography, Professor Doctor Carl 

 Troll, o. Professor der Wirtschaftsgeographie 

 an der Universitat Berlin. Oceanography, 

 Professor Dr. Georg Wiist, a.o. Professor an 

 der Universitat Berlin. Hydrography and 

 limnology. Dr. Lotte Moller, a.o. Professor 

 an der Universitat Berlin. Navigation and 

 Cartography, Dr. Th. Stock. 

 3 Assistants: Oceanography, Dr. Gtinther Die- 

 trich; Cartography, Cand. Phil. Bittelmeyer; 

 Economic geography, Dr. R. Schottenloher. 

 Draughtsmen and computers; building superin- 

 tendent; 4 office as.sistants; a few museum 

 guards. 

 Provision for visiting investigators: Work places in 



the laboratory and in the library. 

 Income: At present about 40,000 R.M. without 

 the salaries of the officers. In normal times 

 considerably more. 

 Provision for publication of results: Wissenschaftliche 

 Veroffentlichungen : Veroffentlichungen des Ins- 

 tituts fiir Meereskunde, Alte Folge 15 Hefte; 

 Neue Folge: (A) Geographischnaturwis.senschaft- 

 liche Reihe, bisher 33 Hefte; (B) Historisch- 

 Volkswirtschaftliche Reihe, bisher 11 Hefte. 

 Volkstiimliche Reihen: (a) Meereskunde, Samml- 

 ung volkstiimlicher Vortrage, 205 Hefte; (b) 

 Das Meer in volkstiimlichen Darstellungen, 5 

 Bande. 

 Mit dem Institut fur Meereskunde verhunden: (a) 

 Archiv und Ge.schiiftsstelle der Deutschen At- 

 lantischen Expedition (METEOR-Expedition). (b) 

 Herausgabe der Wissensschaftlichen Ergebnisse 

 der Deutschen Atlanti-schen Expedition, bisher 14 

 Bande und 9 Lieferungen. 



Nautische Abteilung, Oberbefehlshaber der 



Kriegsmarine (Hydrographic Department 



of the Navy) ('37) 



Location: Tirpitzufer 72/76 Berlin, W. 35. 

 Staff: Director, Kapitan zur See Kurze. 



Head of 1st Section (Books and Manuals of 

 Maritime Sciences, Notices to Mariners, Wire- 

 less Notices), Oberregierungsrat Schellong. 



Head of 2nd Section (Cartography and Surveys), 

 Korvettenkapitan Hain. 



Head of 3rd Section (General Affairs connected 

 with Navigation), Korvettenkapitan Fallier. 



Head of 4th Section (Physics and Nautical In- 

 struments) Regierungsrat Dr. Gabler. 



Head of 5th Section (Oceanography and Nautical 

 Education), Konteradmiral a. D. Dr. Conrad. 



Equipment: 



DIRPLACE- 

 8UHVETING VESSELS MENT OFFICERS CREW 



Meteor 1,200 6 108 



Peilboot II 90 1 13 



Peilboot V 90 1 13 



Deutsche Seewarte ('37) 



History or origin: The Deutsche Seewarte was 

 established in the year 1868 as the Norddeutsche 

 Seewarte, and in the year 1875 it was taken over 

 by the German Government as the Deutsche 

 Seewarte. 

 Location: Hamburg 3, Alfred Wegener- Weg 1. 

 Organization to which attached: Independent, imme- 

 diately .subordinate to the Reichs Ministry of 

 Communication. 

 Purposes: Investigations in the fields of navigation, 

 in.struments, oceanography and tides, meteorol- 

 ogy, and astronomy for the promotion of maritime 

 commerce and the economy of the sea. 

 Scope of activities: The work of the Seewarte is 

 divided into two sections, the Nautical-Hydro- 

 graphic and the Meteorological. 



The work of the Nautical-Hydrographic section 



comprises as follows: 

 The collection and evaluation of observations 

 made on ships, the testing and further devel- 

 opment of nautical instruments and methods; 

 The magnetism of the earth and of ships, 



astronomy and time-service; 

 This section has charge of the library and 



publishes the periodicals mentioned below. 

 The Meteorological section has charge of a 

 synoptical weather service for navigation and 

 agriculture, as well as for aerial flights over the 

 sea; maritime meteorology and the meteorology 

 and climatology of foreign countries; the testing 

 and development of meteorological instruments. 

 Staff: President of the Deutsche Seewarte, Konter- 

 admiral a. D. Dr. Spiess. Other members of the 

 staff are as follows: 



Oberregierungsrat: Prof. Dr. Kleinschmidt (Ab- 

 teilungsleiter Wetterdienst) ; Dr. von Schubert 

 (Abteilung.sleiter Nautik u. Hydrographie) ; 

 Prof. Dr. Castens; R. Karbiner; Prof. Dr. E. 

 Kuhlbrodt; Prof. Dr. B. Schulz; Dr. A. 

 Repsold; Prof. Dr. H. Seilkopf. 

 Regierungsrat: Dr. Burath; Dr. Georgi; Dr. Lohr; 

 Dr. Markgraf ; Dr. Pummercr; Dr. Schumacher; 



