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has been visited by many Spanish and foreign 

 professors and students of the universities of 

 Madrid and Granada and other centers of learn- 

 ing. Courses have been organized for the study 

 of the different aspects of the sea. 

 Provision for publication of results: In the pubUca- 

 tions of the Instituto Espanol de Oceanografia. 



Laboratorio de Palma de Mallorca ('34) 



History or origin: Established in 1906 by the Na- 

 tional Museum of Natural History. 



Location: Palma, Island of Mallorca, Belearic Is- 

 lands, in the Mediterranean. 



Organization to which attached: Instituto Espanol 

 de Oceanografia. (Since 1919.) 



Purposes and scope of activities: To send live marine 

 animals to the universities and other institutions 

 of learning, to acquaint the students with the 

 problems of marine biology, to conduct oceano- 

 graphic investigations and experiments in the 

 culture of marine animals, and to give needed help 

 to foreign and Spanish naturalists who desire to 

 work there. The temperature and salinity of the 

 adjacent waters have been studied, expeditions 

 have been made on the gim boat Vasco Nunez 

 DE Balboa to study hydrographic conditions to 

 the greater depths, and a chart of the bottom 

 deposits of the bay has been published. 



Equipment: Chemical, biological, and oceanographic 

 laboratories; photographic rooms; store rooms for 

 instruments, et cetera; rooms for the preparation 

 of samples, collections, et cetera; aquarium; 

 museum; library. Modern installations for in- 

 vestigations include work rooms with fresh and 

 salt water. The laboratory has its owm harbor 

 where it keeps its vessels, all provided with motors. 



Staff: Director, Francisco de P. Navarro, Lie. Nat. 

 Sci.; Assistant, Miguel Massutf, Lie. Nat. Sci. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: A large number 

 of foreign and Spanish professors and specialists 

 visit the laboratory. Frequent excursions are 

 arranged for the students of the universities of 

 Barcelona and Madrid and of foreign centers. 

 Work rooms are rented permanently by important 

 German scientific institutions. It is one of the 

 best known scientific centers in Europe with 

 regard to oceanography and biology. 



Income: Variable (Budget of State). 



Provision for publication of results: In the publica- 

 tions of the Instituto Espanol de Oceanografia. 



Instituto y Observatorio de Marina de 

 San Fernando ('34) 



History or origin: Established in 1754. 



Location: San Fernando (Cadiz). 



Organization to which attached: Government institu- 

 tion. 



Purposes and scope of activities: One of its three 

 sections is concerned with marine meteorology, 

 magnetism, nautical instruments, and tides. 



Equipment: Important library. 



Staff: Director, D. Leon Herrero, Contralmirante 

 in the Navy; Subdirector, D. Wenceslao Benitez, 

 Capitdn de Navio. 



Provision for publication of results: Almanaque 

 Nautico, Anales Meteorologicos, Magneticos, y 

 Sismicos, Catalogo Astrofotografico zona —3° a 

 — 9°, Carta fotografica del Cielo, Cartas nauticas, 

 Derroteros, Codigo de seiiales, Avisos a los 

 navegantes, Cuadernos de Faros. 



Servicio Hydrografico ('36) 



Location: San Fernando, Cadiz. 

 Organization to which attached: 4a Section of Ob- 

 servatorio de Marina de San Fernando. 

 Staff: Director, Director del Observatorio, Con- 

 tralmirante Hidrografo D. Leon Herrero. 



Sub-Director, Subdirector del Observatorio, 

 Capitan de Navio Hidrografo D. Wenceslao 

 Benitez. 



Head of the 4th Section of the Observatory, 

 Capitan de Navio Hidrografo J. Jos6 P^rez. 



Charts, Capitan de Corbeta D. Rafael Sanchez. 



Sailing Directions, Teniente de Navio Hi- 

 drografo D. Diego Gomez. 



Light lists, Capitan de Corbeta D. Rafael 

 Sanchez. 



Notices to Mariners, Capitdn de Corbeta D. 

 Rafael Sanchez. 



Tides, Capitdn de Corbeta Hidrografo D. 

 Francisco Fernandez de la Puente. 



Hydrographic Commission, Capitdn de Fragata 

 Hidrografo D. Federico Aznar. 

 Equipment: 



SURVEYING VESSELa DISPLACEMENT OFFICERS CREW 



Castor 60 12 



Pollux 60 12 



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Malespina 



