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INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF OCEANOGRAPHY 



also at four other observatories. Some oceano- 

 graphical instruments available. Instruments for 

 research in meteorology on the oceans are owned 

 by the ships' companies. 



Staff: Director in chief of Institute, Prof. E. van 

 Everdingen, Jr. Section of Oceanography, Direc- 

 tor Coram. H. Keyser; Dir. Adj. Lr. Coram. J. A. 

 van Duynen Montijn. Technical and clerical, 7. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: Reading room 

 and library assistance available. 



Income: Sources: From State funds. 



Amount: Budget of whole Institute fl. 187,148.-. 



Provision for publication of results: 



Large publications 



K.N.M.I. No. 104. Oceanographische en me- 

 teorologische waarnemingen in den Indischen 

 Oceaan; Tabellen, Kaarten, Supplementen. 



K.N.M.I. No. 110. Oceanographische en me- 

 teorologische waarnemingen in den Atlantischen 

 Oceaan; Tabellen en Kaarten. 



K.N.M.I. No. 115. Oceanographische en me- 

 teorologische waarnemingen in de Chineesche 

 Zeeen en in het westelijk gedeelte van den 

 Noord Stillen Oceaan; Kaarten. 

 Yearly publications (provisionally suspended) 

 K.N.M.I. No. 107, 107% 107''. Monthly Meteoro- 

 logical Data for 10° squares in the Oceans. 



Miscellaneous 



K.N.M.I. No. 102. Mededeelingen en Verhan- 



delingen. 



(Results of some oceanographic observations 

 made by the Fishery Service in the North Sea 

 are published in the Bulletin Hydrographique 

 of the Int. Council for the Exploration of the 

 Sea, Copenhagen.) 



Zoologisch Station der Nederlandsche Dierkundige 

 Vereeniging ('37) 



History or origin: The original Station of the Nether- 

 land Zoological Society, dating from 1876, was 

 a small wooden building. It was used during 

 summer only and was erected every year at an- 

 other place on the Dutch coast. It was thus in 

 operation from 1876 until 1889 and much work, 

 famous then, was done in it, e.g. the oyster- 

 investigations in the river Schelde. 



In 1890 a brick building was erected at Den 

 Helder, at the principal out- and inlet to the 

 Zuiderzee. The building was the private prop- 

 erty of the Zoological Society, but the main- 



tenance of the Station was made possible through 

 governmental support only. The Government 

 namely hired most of the rooms for its new 

 Rijksinstituut voor Biologisch Visscherijonderzoek 

 (Government Institution for biological Fisheries 

 Research). Dr. P. P. C. Hoek, well known as a 

 fisheries expert, a carcinologist, and for his work 

 as a secretary to the International Council for 

 the Exploration of the Sea, became director of 

 both Fisheries Research Institution and Zoological 

 Station. 



In 1902 was given to the Fisheries Research 

 Institution the execution of the Dutch part of the 

 program of the International Council and from 

 that year onward a staff of investigators worked 

 at Den Helder for a number of years: Dr. J. 

 Boeke, Dr. P. J. van Breemen, Dr. H. C. Delsman, 

 Dr. A. C. J. van Goor, Ir. F. Liebert, Dr. W. E. 

 Ringer, and Dr. J. J. Tesch, while Dr. H. C. 

 Redeke was in charge of the work. But from 

 about 1912 onward and especially during and 

 after the war the fine organization was gradually 

 broken down, the work became more and more 

 decentralized and most of the marine biological 

 part of it came to an end. From 1926-1928 the 

 investigations on fresh water fisheries only 

 remained at Den Helder. 



In 1928 this last part of the Institution too, 

 still with Dr. Redeke as director, was taken 

 away from Den Helder and the Zoological Station 

 became free. The Netherland Zoological Society 

 now obtained governmental support for the 

 reorganization of the Station. From 1931 onward 

 it became a Marine Biological Laboratory for 

 purely scientific work under the Ministry of 

 Education, Arts, and Sciences, with Dr. J. Verwey 

 as director. Stress was laid on close cooperation 

 with the Dutch Universities. 



The building was modified, a small but good 

 aquarium installed, a ship built, and now the 

 laboratory provides good possibilities for scientific 

 research. From 1937 lodgings for investigators 

 is provided. 



Location: Den Helder, Holland, at the mouth of the 

 Zuiderzee. 



Organization to which attached: The Station, boat, 

 library, are all the property of the Netherlands 

 Zoological Society, but the Government (Minis- 

 try of Education, Arts, and Sciences) provides 

 most of its support. 



Purposes: Marine biological investigations in the 

 widest sense. The Station at the same time 



