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direction and speed of ocean currents are observed 



with current meters of the Ekman pattern. 

 Staff: Director, Dr. T. Okada; Meteorologist, Y. 



Horiguti; Meteorologist, K. Tsukuda; Oceanog- 



rapher, K. Hidaka; Oceanographer, K. Koenuma; 



Instruments, G. Okada; Marine chemist, Y. 



Matudaira; Marine Biologist, T. Yanagisawa. 

 Income: Yen 160,000 (annual). 

 Provisio7i for publication of results: Annual Report; 



Memoirs of the Imperial Marine Observatory; 



Daily Weather Charts of the North Pacific; 



Journal of Oceanography; Tidal Observations. 



Kominato Marine Biological Laboratory ('37) 



Location: On the sea shore of Kominato Bay, about 

 1.6 km. south of Awa-Kominato Railway Station, 

 Chiba Prefecture, and about 121 km. from Tokyo 

 via the Boso Railway Line. 



Organization to which attached: Imperial Fisheries 

 Institute, Tokyo. 



Purposes: Research and instruction in marine 

 biology. 



(Scope of activities: Researches in biology, under 

 which planktology, biology of fishes are included; 

 chemistry and physics of sea water; dynamical 

 oceanography. 



Equipment: Total site 5,000 sq. m.; 1 re-enforced 

 concrete laboratory building, including aquarium, 

 2 floors, 165 sq. m. First floor aquarium with 11 

 tanks; second floor laboratory; 1 wooden dormi- 

 tory, 2 floors, 121 sq. m. ; 1 wooden bath house, 

 building area 9.9 sq. m.; 2 wooden cottage 

 residences; 2 engine houses; 1 fish pond, about 

 40 X 20 X 8 ft.; sea water tank, about 24,000 

 gallons capacity, re-enforced concrete structure; 

 boat house; 1 re-enforced concrete pier, about 20 

 ft. X 5 ft.; 1 research boat; Library, about 200 

 volumes, 100 reprints. 



Staff: 6 in charge of different lines of investigation. 

 Director; 3 associates; 1 resident naturalist; 

 1 collector. 



The investigations also receive help in research 

 from members of the Fish Culture Department 

 of the Imperial Fisheries Institute and visitors 

 from other institutions. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: About 20, in 

 addition to .staff. 



Income: One year's expenses, about Yen 500 regu- 

 larly. In addition there is a special contribution 

 from Kominato Town. 



Institute of Physical Oceanography ('34) 



History or origin: Established in 1921. 



Location: Kyoto, Japan. 



Organization to which attached: Osaki Tidal Station. 



Purposes: Instruction and research. 



Scope of activities: Physical oceanography in general. 



Equipment: Ordinary equipment for research in 

 physics. 



Staff: Takaharu Nomit.su; Yoshikazu Toyohara; 

 Tohichiso Takegami. 



Incoine: Source: From the Government. 

 Amount: Yen 3,000 annually for research. 



Provision for publication of results: In "Memoirs 

 of the College of Science," Kyoto Imperial Uni- 

 versity, Series A. 



Misaki Marine Biological Station (Misaki 

 Rinkai Jikkenjo) ('37) 



History or origin: Founded in 1886. 



Location: About 60 km. south of Tokyo, 3 km. 

 north of the village of MLsaki, Kanagawa Pre- 

 fecture ; one hour by train and 50 minutes by bus. 



Organization to which attached: Imperial University 

 of Tokyo. 



Purposes: Research by investigators associated with 

 the laboratories and institutes of zoology, botany, 

 fisheries, and medical sciences of the University, 

 and visiting investigators; laboratory for college 

 student.s of zoology; summer courses. 



Scope of activities: Marine biology, oceanography, 

 and allied sciences. Aquarium and museum are 

 open to the public; summer courses in marine 

 zoology for public and high school teachers; 

 oceanographic observations; seLsmological ob- 

 servations; research facilities extended to visiting 

 investigators. 



Equipment: 1 laboratory building, reinforced con- 

 crete, 59 X 13.5 m., with floor space 1,000 sq. m. 

 including chemical, physiological, and oceano- 

 graphical rooms besides general laboratory; 1 

 office and laboratory, wood, 12 x 9 m.; 1 aquarium- 

 museum building, reinforced concrete, 2 stories, 

 29.7 x 7.2 m., with floor space 363 sq. m.; 1 

 .seismograph room; 3 dormitory buildings, in- 

 cluding residence for overseas investigators; 

 1 wooden cottage for staff; 1 motor boat; 3 row 

 boats. 



Staff: Director, Prof. Naohide Yatsu; 1 assistant 

 professor; 1 research associate; 1 assistant; 1 

 general manager; 1 technician; 4 collectors; 2 

 janitors. 



