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Provisions for visiting investigators: Five or six can 

 be accommodated. 



hicome: Annual budget about Yen 12,000 including 

 salaries (from Science Faculty and Agricultural 

 Faculty), and about Yen 4,500 from admittance 

 tickets of the aquarium and museum, and from 

 table fees. 



Provision for publication of results: Journal of Faculty 

 of Science, Section IV, Tokyo Imperial University. 



Miyako Meteorological Observatory ('37) 



History or origin: New observatory completed at the 

 end of 1936. The principal object of this ob- 

 servatory is to observe the temperature of sea 

 water off the east coast of N. Japan every day 

 when the weather permits. 



Location: Miyako. 39°38' N., 141°59' E. 



Organization to which attached: The Central Meteoro- 

 logical Observatory, Tokyo. 



Purposes and scope of activities: Meteorological and 

 oceanographic observations. 



Equipment: Besides a small laboratory for marine 

 chemical work, the observatory operates a motor 

 yacht Kuroshiwo-Maru, 30 tons, and 9 knots 

 in speed. 



Staff: Director, Y. Tudi. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: None. 



Income: Yen 10,000 (annual). 



Publication: The results of observations made at this 

 observatory are published in the publications of 

 the Central Observatory, Tokyo. 



The Institute of Algological Research (Kaiso 

 Kenkyusho) ('37) 



History or origin: Established in May, 1933. A 

 new laboratory was completed in April, 1937. 



Location: Hunami-cho, Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan. 



Organization to which attached: The Hokkaido Im- 

 perial University. 



Purposes: Research works on the marine algae. 



Scope of activities: Systematic, cultural, physiologi- 

 cal, and ecological studies on marine algae. 



Equipments: In the laboratory, one large and two 

 small rooms for research, three rooms for culture 

 studies; two small boats; a lodging for visitors. 



Staff: Scientific: Y. Yamada, Professor of Botany, 

 Hokkaido, Imperial University; T. Kanda, As- 

 sistant. Technical and clerical, 1. Maintenance 

 and operation, 2. 



Provisions for visititig investigators: No special 

 provision. 



Income: Sources : The Hokkaido Imperial University. 

 Amount: Not fixed. 



Palao Tropical Biological Station ('37) 



History or origin: Established in compliance with a 

 recommendation of the Committee of the Biologi- 

 cal Section of the Japan Society for the Promo- 

 tion of Scientific Research, organized m 1932. 

 After the approval of this recommendation by the 

 trustees of the Society a subcommittee was formed 

 and it was decided to establish a biological station 

 in the tropical islands under Japanese mandate. 

 Prof. S. Hatai who was chosen to carry out this 

 proposal, after visiting numerous islands, selected 

 as the site of the station the Island of Korror, 

 which is near the main island of Palao. The 

 buildmgs were completed in 1935. For a fuller 

 description see article cited below.' 



Location: On Korror Island, situated close to the 

 main island of Palao, the South Sea Islands of 

 Japanese mandated territory. 



Organization to which attached: The Japan Society 

 for the Promotion of Scientific Research, Tokyo. 



Purposes: Major purpose, research in biology of 

 coral reefs. 



(Scope of activities: Researches in ecology of coral 

 polyps and of reef formation, in physiology of 

 growth, development, and reproduction in each 

 coral species, in physics and chemistry of coral 

 skeleton; and general biological and oceano- 

 graphical survey necessary for investigation of 

 the above mentioned fields. 



Equipment: 1 laboratory building, one storied frame 

 building, about 7 x 11 meters, of a single large 

 laboratory and a small dark room for photographic 

 work. 



1 store room, about 5.5 x 3.6 meters; under the 

 same roof is the motor room. 



1 small exhibition house of coral specimens. 



2 collecting boats: one, equipped with a kero- 

 sene oil engine of 3 h.p., and another, a small 

 row boat with sailing gear. 



For long distance trips the government Fisheries 

 Experimental Station at Palao has generously 

 placed its large craft at disposal of the 

 station. 



1 salt water tank, capacity 3 tons. 



2 fresh water tanks, capacity 3 tons each. 

 2 residences, about 6x8 meters each. 



' Hatai, Sinkishi, The Palao Tropical Biological Station: 

 Palao Tropical Biological Studies, no. 1, pp. 1-1.5, 6 figs., 

 1937. 



