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Location: New Haven, Connecticut. 



Organization to which attached: Yale University, of 



which the Foundation with its collections and 



laboratories is a separate unit. 

 Purposes and scope of activities: The first expedition 



(1925) visited West Indian waters, the second 



(1926) explored the Gulf of California, and the 

 third (1927) the waters around the Bahama 

 Islands. The chief purpose of these expeditions 

 was the collecting of marine life. During the 

 first two expeditions, mainly shallow-water fishes 

 and invertebrates were obtained, with numerous 

 new species discovered. During the third ex- 

 pedition, the main emphasis was placed upon 

 bathypelagic trawlings for which the yacht 

 carried all the necessary equipment. In 1928 the 

 collections were moved to Peabody Museum of 

 Yale University, and in 1930 the Bingham 

 Oceanographic Foundation was endowed by 

 Harry Pajoie Bingham for the care and further 

 increase of the collections, and to maintain the 

 Bingham Oceanographic Laboratory for further 

 oceanographic and marine biological research. 

 After the last privately conducted expedition in 

 1927, the Bingham Oceanographic Foundation 

 has cooperated with the United States Bureau of 

 Fisheries in the investigation of the shallow-water 

 biology of the middle Atlantic coast since 1929, 

 this cooperation still continuing today. In this 

 work the Bingham Laboratory has particularly 

 undertaken to investigate the youngfish biology. 

 Vessel and crew for the collecting has been fur- 

 nished by the Bureau of Fisheries. In 1932 Yale 

 University, through the Bingham Foundation, 

 sent out an expedition to study the hydrography 

 of the Gulf of Mexico on the schooner Mabel 

 Taylor. Subsequently, this arrangement was 

 superseded by a cooperative arrangement with 

 the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution for 

 the further hydrographic exploration of the 

 Central American seas, with joint expeditions to 

 the Caribbean region on the Atlantis in 1933, 

 1934, 1936. 



Equipment: The Bingham Oceanographic Labora- 

 tory is provided with all standard equipment for 

 laboratory work on marine collections and also 

 has the necessary apparatus for the standard 

 chemical determinations of sea water. In regard 

 to field equipment, the Foundation is completely 

 provided with everything except a boat. Nets, 

 seines, trawls, deepsea towing cables, electric 

 winches, a hydrographic winch, and similar 



equipment is maintained in readiness for installa- 

 tion on any available vessel. 



<Sta^.- Curator, A. E. Parr; Assistant Curator, 

 Martin D. Burkenroad; Assistant, Yngve H. 

 Olsen. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: Although the 

 space for the time being is rather limited, a 

 table and the necessary equipment can always be 

 provided for a visiting investigator. 



Income: The total income derived from the Bingham 

 Oceanographic Foundation, by annual contribu- 

 tions from Harry Payne Bingham and by a 

 general oceanographic budget granted by Yale 

 University, now amounts to $10,800 per year. 



Provision for the puhlication of results: Funds are 

 provided for the printing and distribution of 

 around two hundred pages of scientific reports 

 each year. Two series of publications are main- 

 tained, the Bulletin and the Occasional Papers 

 of the Bingham Oceanographic Collections. 



Supplement: After this report had gone to press, 

 under date of July 22, 1937, the following in- 

 formation was received from Dr. A. E. Parr of 

 Yale University: 



There has just been established at Yale the 

 Sears Foundation for Marine Research, the 

 income of which will be from an endowment 

 intended to yield $4,000.00 annually. This 

 Foundation will be permanently associated with 

 the Bingham Oceanographic Foundation at Yale. 

 The chief purpose will be to support two series of 

 publications, as follows: 



First, a quarto memoir series, in which will be 

 published the results of the investigations con- 

 ducted under the auspices of both the Sears and 

 the Bingham Foundations. 



Second, an octavo periodical journal, which 

 will afford means for the pubhcation of results 

 from any kind of marine research, including such 

 diverse subjects as marine meteorology, deep- 

 .sea biology, and the chemistry of sea-water. It 

 is intended to publish three numbers, with a total 

 of about 200 pages annually. Only papers of an 

 interpretative or a theoretical nature will be 

 accepted. Articles that are merely descriptive 

 and reviews of literature will not be published. 

 A charge will be made for subscription to the 

 journal, but funds derived from that source will be 

 used to improve and augment the size of the 

 magazine. 



