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Purposes: Studies on biology applied to Fisheries. 

 (Scope of activities: Experimental researches. 

 Staff: Director, Prof. Giuseppe Mazzarelli; Assist- 

 ant, C. Scordia. 

 Income: Sources: Ministero Agricoltura e Foreste. 



Istituto Idrografico della R. Marina ('37) 



History or origin: Established in 1872. 



Location: Genova, Passo all'Osservatorio 4. 



Organization to which attached: State institution, 

 Royal Italian Navy. 



Purposes: Physical oceanography with respect to 

 its practical applications to navigation. 



Scope of activities: Marine cartography and hydro- 

 graphic information; terrestrial magnetism; re- 

 searches in dynamical oceanography. 



Equipment: 



A magnetic observatory in a separate building. 

 Staff: Director, De Pisa, Capitano di Fregata. 

 As.st. Director, M. Gra.ssi, Capitano di Corvetta. 

 Technical Secretary, G. Ghiglieri, Tenente di 



Vascello. 

 Head of Division of Chart Construction and Cor- 

 rection, L. Montella, Capitano di Vascello. 

 Head of Division of Instruments and in charge of 

 Instrument Workshop, G. Perdomini, Capitano 

 R.T.M. 

 Head of Division of Hydrography and Nautical 

 Documents, A. Lazzarini, Capitano di Corvetta. 

 Head of Division of Compasses and of Magnetic 

 Laboratory, A. Lazzarini, Capitano di Corvetta. 

 Head of Division of Geophysics, Professore M. 



Tenani. 

 Head of Division of Geodesy, Professore G. Forni. 

 Head of Division of Photo-Engraving, G. Ghigli- 

 eri, Tenente di Vascello. 

 30 technical and clerical a.ssistant.s. 

 Provision for publication of results: Hydrographic 

 charts, nautical instructions for Italy and de- 

 pendencies; Annali Idrografici, Bollettino Idro- 

 grafico, Ephemerides, Nautical Tables, Tide 

 Tables, Publ. de Circonstance. 



Marine Laboratory of the Istituto di Zoologia 

 della R. Universita di Genova ('37) 



History or origin: Established 1772 (mu.seum), 1910 

 (laboratory), renovated 1932-1933. 



Location: Via Lungomarc Lombardo 18, Genova. 



Organization to which attached: State Institution, 

 University of Genoa. 



Purposes: Zoology, especially marine zoology. 



Scope of activities: Research on Mediterranean 

 plankton and abyssal fauna, etc. 



Equipment: 3,000 volumes; small motor boat, 

 private. 



Staff: Director, Professor Ettore Remotti; Aid, 

 Doctor Alessandro Brian, private docent; Volun- 

 teer a.ssi.stant, Dr. Elisa Fischetti; Technical, 1; 

 Servant, 1. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: 



Income: Source: Public and private income. 

 Amount: About 7,000 lire. 



Provision for publication of results: Bollettino dei 

 Musei di Zoologia e di Anatomia Comparata 

 della R. Universita di Genova (in collaboration 

 with the Institute of Comparative Anatomy). 

 2 series, June, 1926. 



Istituto Centrale di Biologia Marina in 

 Messina^ ('37) 



History or origin: Established in 1916. 



Location: Me.ssina. 



Organization to which attached: R. Comitato Talasso- 

 grafico Italiano. 



Purposes: Researches in marine biology, with em- 

 phasis on biochemical, biophysical, and physiologi- 

 cal problems, and the experimental investigation 

 of the life histories of local organisms. 



Equipment: Fishing boats and a motor boat, labora- 

 tories for microscopic, chemical, chemico-physical, 

 and physiological researches. Favorable location 

 for material for laboratory cultures. 

 Important library. 



Staff: Director, L. Sanzo, Professor, Anatomy, 

 Physiology. Assistants: Dr. A. Sparta; Dr. D. 

 De Gaetani. Conservator, Dr. G. Cipria. 

 Draughtsman and photographer, Mazza Filiberto. 

 Preparator, Arena Giuseppe. Mechanic, and 

 others for personal service. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: The R. Comitato 

 Talassografico Italiano offers to Italian and 

 foreign Governments and Institutions, ten study 

 places in the Istituto Centrale di Biologia Marina 

 di Me.ssina, each of them for a period of not less 

 than one year on the payment annually of 1500 

 lire in gold for foreigners and 3000 lire paper for 

 Italians. Study places may also be granted to 



* Istituto Centrale di Biologia Marina in Messina, Ex- 

 planatory Notice, Officine Grafiiche Carlo Ferrari, 1932. 



