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Bermuda 



Bermuda Biological Station for Research ('37) 



History or origin:^ Originally established in 1903, 

 with Professor E. L. Mark of Harvard as director, 

 at Flatts in connection with a contemplated 

 public aquarium by agreement between Harvard 

 University, New York University, and the 

 Bermuda Natural History Society. In 1907 

 Agar's Island was leased by the Bermuda Natural 

 History Society and a public aquarium was 

 established in association with the station under 

 the direction of Professor Mark. From 1907 to 

 1918 there were regular summer sessions. Dr. 

 W. J. Crozier was resident naturalist from 1915 

 to 1918. In 1917 to 1918 Agar's Island was 

 requisitioned for military purposes and the station 

 was transferred to Dyer's Island but was after- 

 ward retransferred. In 1926 the station was 

 incorporated under the laws of the State of New 

 York. The Biological Station Act of 1927 

 passed by the Government of Bermuda granted 

 the Corporation (1) the privilege of holding real 

 estate in the Islands, (2) the conveyance of the 

 "Hunter property" to the Trustee when £50,000 

 endowonent had been raised, (3) exemption from 

 customs duty on all supplies and equipment of 

 the Station, (4) an annual grant of £200 for a 

 period of ten years. In 1929 the Rockefeller 

 Foundation appropriated £50,000 to meet the 

 conditions imposed by the Biological Station Act. 

 In 1930 the Hunter property was reconveyed 

 to the Bermuda Government and its purchase 



1 Bermuda Biological Station for Research, Incorporated 

 1926, Announcement, Thirty-first Year— 1933. 



The Bermuda Biological Station for Research, Incor- 

 porated 1926, Reports of OfScers for the Years 1926 to 1932, 

 1933. 



Conklin, E. G., The New Bermuda Biological Station for 

 Research, Incorporated 1926, Announcement of the First 

 Session at "Shore Hills," St. George's West, Bermuda, June 

 15 to August 10, 1931 (Twenty-ninth year of the original 

 Bermuda Biological Station.) 



Conklin, E. G., The Bermuda Biological Station for 

 Research, Inc., Report of the President for the Year 1936. 

 Manuscript dated December 26, 1936. 



price was transferred toward the conversion of 

 Shore Hills into a biological station. In 1931 the 

 Shore Hills property was purchased and the 

 conversion of it into a biological station was 

 begun. In 1932 the station was officially opened 

 by His Excellency, the Governor of Bermuda. 



In 1936 a proposal was made for cooperative 

 work on the Gulf Stream System by the Woods 

 Hole Oceanographic Institution and the Bermuda 

 Biological Station, on condition of adequate 

 support of this work being secured on the part 

 of the Bermuda Station. An appeal was made to 

 the British friends of the Station, and as a result 

 of their activity a Bermuda Oceanographic 

 Committee, consisting of twelve leading ocean- 

 ographers and biologists of Britain, was organized 

 by the Royal Society of London. This Com- 

 mittee approved the plan and recommended to 

 the British Development Commission a grant of 

 £5,100 for the construction and equipment of an 

 oceanographic research boat and £3,500 annually 

 for the scientific and technical support of the 

 Bermuda Station's part of this work. This 

 recommendation has now been approved by the 

 Development Commission; the project has been 

 endorsed by the Trustees and Corporation of the 

 Bermuda Biological Station; Columbus Iselin, 

 of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 

 has been elected President of the Bermuda Sta- 

 tion. This significant international cooperation 

 in the study of the Gulf Stream System will be 

 put into operation as rapidly as possible. 



Location: On a property known as Shore Hills on 

 Ferry Reach, St. George's West, Bermuda. 

 Dr. J. F. G. Wheeler of the "Discovery" Office, 

 London, was installed as Director. 



Organization to which attached: An independent 

 organization under the control of an International 

 Board of Trustees on which are represented 

 England, Scotland, Canada, Bermuda, and the 

 United States. 



Purpose and scope of activities: To offer facilities for 

 research in biology and in oceanography in the 

 region of the Bermuda Islands. 



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