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appropriation from the general budget of Indo- 

 China. This amount will be still further reduced 

 in 1934. The Institution, occupying a civilian 

 status, has the right to receive gifts from different 

 sources, but up to the present it has been obliged 

 to content itself with subsidies from the General 

 Government. 

 Provision for the publication of results: Two series 

 "Notes," of which 122 have been issued; and 

 "Memoirs," of which three have been issued. 



Hong Kong 

 Royal Observatory, Hong Kong ('34) 



Location: Kowloon. 



Organization to which attached: Government of 

 Hong Kong. 



Purposes: Primarily meteorological but this includes 

 studies of marine meteorology. 



Scope of activities: Meteorology, terrestrial mag- 

 netism, and seismology. 



Equipmejit: Offices, instruments, arrangements for 

 reports of observations. 



Staff: Director, Mr. C. W. Jeffries; Assistant Direc- 

 tor, Mr. B. D. Evans; Professional Assistant, 

 Mr. G. S. P. Heywood. 



Provision for the. publication of results: The Observa- 

 tory has published an atlas entitled, "Maps 

 Showing the Mean Atmospheric Pressure and 

 Wind Direction and Force over the China Sea 

 for Each Month of the Year," 1925; "Meteorologi- 

 cal Records," 1884-1928, Appendix to Hong Kong 

 Observations 1928, 1929; "Climate of Hong 

 Kong," by T. ¥. Claxton, Appendix to Hong Kong 

 Observations, 1931; "Weather Observations from 

 Ships," Appendix to Hong Kong Observations, 

 1931. According to an arrangement adopted by 

 the Directors of the Far Eastern Weather Ser\'ices 

 made at a conference held at Hong Kong in 1930, 

 the records of observations received from ships 

 by wireless telegraphy are published in rotation 

 by the different Far Eastern Weather Services 

 represented at the conference. 



Japan 

 Akkeshi Marine Biological Station ('37) 



Location: On the sea front of the gulf Akkeshi, 

 about 70 km. east of Kushiro and 150 km. west 

 of Nemuro. 



Organization to which attached: The Faculty of 

 Science, Hokkaido Imperial University. 



Purposes: Research, instruction for students. 



Scope of activities: Research in biology and oceano- 

 graphy. 



Equipment: 1 concrete building, 788 sq. m., 3 floors 

 including 1 student laboratory; 1 laboratory for 

 investigators; 5 staff laboratories; 1 aquarium 

 room of 10 tanks; 1 library; 1 public room; 1 

 office; 1 motor room; 1 motor boat Misago, 8 

 meters, 5 tons; 2 wooden residences. 



Staif: Director; 4 associates (1 temporary); 4 

 research assistants (1 temporary); 2 part-time 

 collectors. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: Six to ten per- 

 sons can be accommodated. 



Income: Yen 6,000 for 1932, from the Faculty of 

 Science. 



Amakusa Marine Biological Laboratory 

 (Amakusa Rinkai Jikken-sho) ('37) 



History or origin: Established in 1928. For a 

 fuller description, see article mentioned in the 

 foot-note.' 



Location: Tomioka, Amakusa, Kumamoto ken, 

 Japan, about 31 km. southeast of Nagasaki. 



Organization to which attached: Kyushu Imperial 

 University. 



Purposes: Researches by investigators associated 

 with the laboratories and institutes of zoology, 

 botany, physiology, biochemistry, anatomy, path- 

 ology, geology, meteorology, et cetera, of the 

 University, and of other imiversities and colleges. 



Scope of activities: Chiefly the survey of the marine 

 fauna and flora around Tomioka and its vicinity. 

 Casual visitors may take up any field of research 

 in marine biology, oceanography, and other 

 related branches of science. 



Equipment: 1 wooden laboratory building, 2 stories, 

 floor area of 100 sq. m.; 1 janitor's house and 

 kitchen, 1 story, 66 sq. m.; 1 dormitory, 1 story, 

 wooden, 100 sq. m.; land, area about 62,000 sq. m. 



Staff: Director (professor in Kyushu Imperial 

 University) ; 2 members of council (professors in 

 Kyushu Imperial University); 1 administrator; 

 1 assistant; 1 artist; 1 janitor; part-time collectors 

 and helpers. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: For about 5 or 6 

 persons only. 



Income: Very irregular in amount, paid whenever 

 required by the University. 



' Ohshima, Hiroshima, The Amakusa Biological Labora- 

 tory: Records of Oceanog. Works in Japan, vol. 1, no. 2, 

 pp. 78-89, pis. 22, 23, 2 charts, 1928. 



