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INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF OCEANOGRAPHY 



fronted exhibition tanks; 2 ground pools; 1 

 laboratory for chemical and biological researches; 

 1 distributing tower; 1 sea-water reservoir; 



1 pump house. 



Staff: Director, Mr. P. Z. Tsiang; 1 in charge of 

 general affairs; 2 research and technical assistants; 



2 clerical a.ssistants; 1 collector. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: Maximum 5, in 

 addition to the aquarium's staff, can be accom- 

 modated. 



Income: Partly subsidized by the local government 

 and partly by the subscriptions from various 

 scientific institutes. 



The aquarium is in cooperation with the staff 

 of the oceanographic department of Tsingtao 

 Observatory and receives help in its researches 

 from the professors of the Tsingtao University 

 and visitors from other institutions. 



Department of Oceanography, Tsingtao 

 Observatory ('36) 



Location: Observatory Hill, Tsingtao. 



Organization to which attached: Tsingtao Observatory 

 of which it is a department. 



Purposes: Mainly for research. 



Scope of activities: Research in dynamical ocean- 

 ography, marine meteorology, chemistry of sea 

 water, marine biology, and sea bottom deposits. 



Equipment: 1 service building (part of the Observa- 

 tory); 1 hydrographic and meteorological station 

 at the Great Harbor, equipped with a self- 

 registering tidal gauge and a complete set of 

 meteorological instruments; 1 library, more than 

 4,000 volumes of scientific books; 1 research 

 boat, borrowed from the Bureau of Safety, 

 Tsingtao, equipped with a complete set of instru- 

 ments for hydrographic investigations; 1 chemical 

 laboratory in preparation. 



Staff: In charge, Mr. P. Z. Tsiang; 2 investigators; 

 2 clerical and technical assistants; 2 collectors and 

 observers. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: None. 



Income: Regular for the year 1931-32, $10,000. 



French Indo-China 



Institut Oceanographique de I'Indochine ('36) 



History or origin: Established in 1922 by the General 

 Government of Indo-China under the name of 

 Service Oceanographique des Peches de I'Indo- 

 chine; converted into a publicly supported 

 institution with a civil personnel in 1930 under the 

 name of Institut Oc^anographiquede I'Indochine. 



Location: On the seashore, 6 kilometers south of the 

 city of Nhatrang (Annam), 450 kilometers north 

 of Saigon, the capitol of Cochinchina. 

 Organization to which attached: Placed under the 

 scientific control of a commission composed of 13 

 members of the Academy of Sciences of Paris. 

 Purposes: Scientific and technical researches and the 



establishment of a museum. 

 (Scope of activities: Physical and biological ocean- 

 ography, limnology, potamology; inventory of the 

 aquatic fauna, biology of fishes, invertebrates, 

 and plankton; and the study of the sea bottom. 

 Industrial utilization of marine products. 

 Equipynent: A principal building of two stories, 

 35 X 15 meters, containing a ground floor and a 

 gallery for collections. On the first floor a 

 veranda for aquaria and three laboratories. On 

 the second floor, three laboratories. 



1 annex, a building with two stories 15 x 7.80 

 meters, containing gas producing apparatus and 

 drafting room. 



Aquarium. 



An experimental factory for the semi-industrial 

 study of products prepared in the laboratory (fish 

 meal and salt fish). 



Library. 



A hangar for fishing nets. 



A jetty 90 milometers long. 



Self-registering tidal gauge. 



Tunnel of 130 meters long, excavated in rhyolite, 

 intended to house a seismograph. 



5 dwelling houses for the personnel, 1 building 

 containing garages for automobiles and lodging 

 for the chauffeur. 



1 research vessel, the De Lanessan of 750 

 tons displacement, length 45 meters, beam 63 

 meters, draught 4.45 meters; equipped for sound- 

 ing to a depth of 5,000 meters; provided with a 

 scientific laboratory, aquaria supplied with run- 

 ning fresh water and sea water, and a technical 

 laboratory; cruising radius 1,000 miles. 

 Staff: Director, Dr. P. Chevey; Assistant biologist, 

 R. Serene, Lie. Sci. ; Economist, J. Durand; 

 Captain of the vessel, M. Dauguet; 1 mechanic; 

 preparators, draughtsmen, photographers, et 

 cetera (Annamites). 

 Provisions for visiting investigators: Four or five 

 investigators can eventually be received at the 

 laboratory and one or two on board the De 

 Lanessan. 

 Income: In 1932, $175,000, in 1933 $87,500 (the 

 unit of the funds is the piastre). This is an 



