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Chemical-technical Department: Laborator, Dr. 

 M. Lundborg; Bitrade, Dr. Lucie Ahlstrom. 

 For both departments : Clerk, Miss Ingrid Ekdalil ; 

 Mechanic, C. Karlsson. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: None. 



Income: Part of the grant allotted to Svenska 

 Hydrografisk-Biologiska Kommissionen. 



Provisions for publication of results: Svenska Hy- 

 drografisk-Biologiska Komissionens Shrifter, Serie 

 Biologi. 



Kungliga Sjokarteverket (Hydrographic 

 Service) ('37) 



Location: Stockholm. 



Staff: Hydrographer, Kommendorkapten E. 

 Bouveng. 



Head of Division of Hydrography and Instru- 

 ments, Kapten E. Farn.strom. 



Head of Division of Charts, H. Odelsio, B.A. 



Head of Section of Notices to Mariners, Kom- 

 mendor (Res.) A. Hagg. 



Head of Section of Sailing Directions, Kom- 

 mendorkapten (Res.) C. B. Erikson. 



Head of Geodetic Section, S. Hilding, B.A. 



Cartographer, P. Collinder, Ph.D. 



Head of Section for control of compasses and 

 ships' lights, E. 0. Edelstam, M.A. 



Head of Section of Magnetic Research, G. S. 

 Ljungdahl, Ph.D. 

 Equipment: 



SURVEYING VESSELS DISPLACBUENTS OFPICEEIS CREW 



johan nordenanckar 260 5 33 



Peter Gedda 140 3 23 



Ran 200 4 29 



SvALAN 125 3 24 



Falken 160 3 32 



Ejdebn 95 2 16 



Tunis 



Oceanographic Station of Salammbo ('34) 



History or origin: Established in 1924." 



Location: Salammbo near Carthage. 



Orgariization to which attached: Direction G^n^rale 



des Travaux Publics. 

 Purposes: To investigate the marine organisms, 



especially fishes and Crustacea of economic 



significance, along the coast of Tunis. 

 /Scope of activities: General biological investigation 



of edible fish and Crustacea (including fishery 



" See Heldt, H., Rapport sur I'Organisation,]' Activite 

 et les Travaux de la Station Oceanographique de Salaramb6 

 depuis sa creation (1924-1931), Station Oceanographique 

 de Salammbo, Bull. no. 24, November, 1931. 



statistics), ecology of the intertidal and other 

 coastal areas, faunistic studies, marine algae, 

 physiology of marine organisms, chemistry of 

 local waters. 



Equipment: ]\Iuseum which exhibits various marme 

 organisms, fishing gear, and some types of boats; 

 an aquarium; laboratories for scientific research. 

 In the laboratory there are 3 rooms for biology, 

 a chemical laboratory, and a special laboratory 

 for work in physical chemistry. The different 

 laboratories are supplied with both fresh and salt 

 water. There are also photographic rooms. 

 The library contains several thousand volumes 

 (6200 in 1933) on general zoology, biology, em- 

 bryology, histology, oceanography, expeditions, 

 and fisheries. 



Staff: Director Monsieur H. Heldt; Assistant, Mme. 

 Heldt. 



Provision for visiting investigators: Several visitors 

 can be accommodated and are welcome, some 

 assistance is given to those who come from 

 various French educational and scientific in- 

 stitutions. 



Income: From revenues derived by the State from 

 the exploitation of fishing in Lac de Tunis. 

 Annual budget about 500,000 francs. 



Provision for publication: Notes, 27 published; 

 Bulletin, 30 published; Annales, 8 published; also 

 Tables de pH, Illustrated Catalogue of the Mu- 

 seum and Aquarium, and an Illustrated Guide 

 for the Museum and Aquarium. 



Turkey 



Harta Genel Direktorliigii Hidrografi Subesi 



(Hydrographic Section of the Cartographical 



Service of the Army) ('37) 



Location: Ankara. 



Staff: Hydrographer, Albay Ahmet Rasim Barkinay. 



Equipment: 



8DRVEYINQ VESSELS 



Atdin-Reiz 



DISPLACEMENTS OFFICERS CREW 



610 



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Union of South Africa 



Fisheries Survey Division ('37) 



History or origin: The present Fisheries was estab- 

 lished in the year 1920." 

 Location: Capetown, Union of South Africa. 



" Union of South Africa Fisheries and Marine Biological 

 Survey, Report No. 1 for the year 1920 by J. D. F. Gil- 

 christ, M.A., D.Sc, Capetown, 1921. 



