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Provision for publication of results: Results of workers 

 appear in Reviews, frequently under the name, 

 "Contributions of R. Laboratorio di Biologia 

 marina di Taranto." 



Istituto Geofisico di Trieste ('37) 



History or origiii: Founded in 1920, taking the 

 place of the "Sezione Geofisica" dell'ex-Osserva- 

 torio Marittimo. 



Location: Trieste, Viale R. Gessi 2 (150 meters 

 from the sea). 



Organization to which attached: R. Comitato Talasso- 

 grafico Italiano (Roma) c/o il Consiglio Nazionale 

 delle Richerche. Viale delle Scienze, of which 

 the Istituto is the active laboratory for physical 

 and chemical researches. 



Purposes: Research, cruises. Additional duties: 

 meteorological and seismological observations. 



Scope of activities: Dynamical and physical 

 oceanography, chemistry of sea water. 



Equipment: Chemical laboratory, physical labora- 

 tory, seismologic station, meteorologic observa- 

 tory, library. Research boats are occasionally 

 furnished by the Royal Navy. 



Staff: Director, Prof. F. Vercelli, physics; Prof. M. 

 Picotti, Chemist, chemistry; Dr. P. Caloi, Geo- 

 physics, seismology; Dr. S. PoUi, assistant, 

 physics; 2 technical and clerical; 2 maintenance 

 and operation. 



Provision for visiting investigators: Only occasionally 

 (1 to 2). 



Income: Grants from the R. Comitato Talassografico. 

 The staff is directly paid from the same institution. 

 In addition contributions from the National 

 Research Council for instrumental equipment. 



Provision for publication of results: The members 

 of the staff publish papers in various scientific 

 periodicals: Memorie del R. Comitato Talasso- 

 grafico; etc. The results of the cruises are 

 published in Annali Idrografici, Genova; Mono- 

 grafia della Commissione Int. del Mediterraneo 

 (two volumes). 



Ufficio Idrografico del Magistrate alia Acque 

 a Venezia ('37) 



History or origin: Established 1908. 



Location: Venezia. 



Organization to which attached: Independent state 

 institution. 



Purposes: Research, mareographic and lagoonal, 

 is provided in: Chemico-physical laboratory, 

 Maritime Section, at S. Nicolo di Lido (Venezia). 



The Office actually collects and elaborates the 

 mareographs installed in the lagoons and along 

 the Venetian shore; it also takes note of the rise 

 and fall of water in the lagoons. 



Scope of activities: Hydrography, meteorology, 

 assistance in public works. 



Equipment: Important library. 



Staff: A director. Chairman Luigi Miliani, several 

 civil engineers, a chemist. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: Only occasionally. 



Income: 1 million lire. 



Provision for publication of results: BoUettino Idro- 

 grafico: part 1, monthly; collections of materials 

 of observations; part 2, annual: first elaboration 

 of collected data; eventual publication of mareo- 

 graphs and studies on lagoons. 



Latvia 



Hidrografiska Dala, Jurniecibas Departaments, 

 Finansu Ministrija (Hydrographic Section, Ma- 

 rine Department, Ministry of Finance) ('37) 



Location: Valdemara iela Nr. 1-a, Riga. 



Staff: Head of the Hydrographic Section, K. Purns. 



Equipment: 



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Hydrobiological Station of the University of 

 Latvia ('37) 



History or origin: Founded in 1924. 



Location: In the center of the city of Riga. 



Organization to which attached: University of Latvia, 

 of which the Station is an institute, connected 

 with the Institute of Systematic Zoology, under 

 one Director, Professor Dr. Embrik Strand. 



Purposes: Major, research; instruction in oceanog- 

 raphy. 



Scope of activities: Researches in hydrography, on 

 samples collected in the Gulf of Riga and in the 

 Baltic {cfr. Folia Zoologica et Hydrobiologica, I, 

 p. 53 and 149, III, p. 250, IV, p. 58 and 271, V, 

 p. 38 (1929-1933), VII, p. 30 (1934), VIII, p. 288 

 (1935), IX, p. 84 (1936)); biology and distribution 

 of marine animals, zoo- and phytoplankton. 

 (Also limnological researches.) 



Staff: Scientific: Director, Professor Dr. Embrik 

 Strand; Adjunkt, Cand. rer. nat. Viktor Ozolins; 

 Laboratory assistant, N. Lisova. Maintenance 

 and operation: 1. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: Seven, in addition 

 to the Institution's staff, can be accommodated. 



