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Portugal, eventually carried to a distance, as for 

 instance near Madera, the Straits of Gibraltar, 

 and the Morocco Coast. Biology of useful fishes 

 (sardine, tunnies, hake) and of plankton. 



Equip7nent: 1 laboratory building (same as the public 

 aquarium), 1 floor with eight rooms used as 

 individual laboratories. 



Library. The resources of the University of 

 Lisbon and the libraries of its different institutes 

 arc more or less available for the workers, as a 

 supplement to the limited facilities at the aquar- 

 ium. Tank rooms for fresh and brackish water 

 animals. 



Staff: Director, Dr. Alfredo Ramalho. Naturalists, 

 R. Boto, B. Gongalves, and H. Vilela. 2 clerical 

 and technical assistants. 2 maintenance and 

 operation workers. For aquarium: 2 engineers; 

 5 fishermen; 1 guard. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: There is room 

 for 2 or 3. 



Income: For 1936 the total receipts amounted to 

 about 240,000 Escudos (one Escudo equivalent, 

 at the present rate of exchange, to about 5 U. S. A. 

 cents). 200,000 from the State and the remaining 

 from the entrance fees in the aquarium (40,000 

 visitors, not taking account of the pupils of 

 schools). 



Provisions for the publications of results: The papers 

 are generally published in different journals, only 

 exceptionally printed by the Station. All arc 

 distributed in exchange to similar scientific 

 institutions as "Travaux de la Station de Biologic 

 Maritime de Lisbonne." 



Research Ship Albacora: A ship of the same 

 type and dimensions of Armauer Hansen of the 

 Geophysical Institute of Bergen; displacement 

 about 135 tons, with sails and 60 H.P. motor; 

 winches for work to a depth of about 3,000 meters; 

 small laboratory. Built in 1924, in Norway, 

 under the scientific supervision of Professor B. 

 Helland-Hansen, of the Geophysical Institute in 

 Bergen. The ship belongs to the Portuguese 

 Navy. 



Direccao de Hidrografia, Navegagao e Meteorologia 



Nautica (Office of Hydrography, Navigation 



and Nautical Meteorology) ('37) 



Location: Navy Department, Lisbon. 



Staff: Director, Capitao de Mar e Guerra Augusto 



Fernandes Lopes. 

 Head of 1st Division, Capitao de Fragata Manuel 



da Cunha Rego Chaves. 



Head of 1st Section, Capitao de Corveta Amadeu 



Julio de Sousa Correia. 

 Assistant of the 2nd Section, Primeiro tenente 



Manuel Zagalo da Silva. 

 Assistant, 3rd Section, Capitao do Fragata Artur 



Jose da Conceigao Santos. 

 Head of 2nd Division (Nautical Meteorology) 



Capitao de Fragata Joao Antonio Correia 



Pereira. 

 Heads of Sections, Meteorologists Primeiro te- 

 nente Joaquim da Costa and Primeiro tenente 



Jos6 Mendes da Rocha Zagalo. 

 Equipment: 



SURVEYINQ VESSELS DISPLACEMENT OFFICERa CREW 



5 D'OoTtJBRO 1,365 10 89 



Albacora 135 1 14 



BfiRRio 498 5 48 



Beira 405 5 27 



Rumania 



Romania, Serviciul Hidrografic al Marinei de Razboi 

 (Hydrographic Service of the Navy) ('37) 



Location: Constantza. 



Staff: Chief of the Hydrographic Service, Capitan 

 Alexandra Stoianovici. 



Statia Zoologica Maritima "Regele Ferdinand I" 



(Maritime Zoological Station "King 



Ferdinand I") ('37) 



History: Founded by Prof. I. Borcea of the Faculty 

 of Science at lasi on March 1, 1926, with the 

 assistance of the Ministers of Public Instruction, 

 Dr. C. Angclescu and Dr. N. Lupu, and 

 through the efforts of Prof. A. P. Baznosanu of 

 the Faculty of Science in Bucharest. 



Location: Village of Agigea, Province of Constantza, 

 between the railroad station "General M. lonescu" 

 and Eforia baths. 



Organization to which attached: Ministry of National 

 Education, Zoological Laboratory of the Univer- 

 sity of lasi. 



Purposes: In particular the knowledge of the fauna 

 of the Black Sea and of the neighboring lakes. 

 The completion of students' zoological education. 



Equipment: Two principal buildings, one for the 

 Director and one for the investigators; two 

 smaller buildings, one for the administration and 

 one for students (laboratory); and a small elec- 

 trical plant. There are about 22 hectares of 

 land. The equipment otherwise is very limited, 

 a few mud dredges and a motor boat. 



