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Staff: Director, Prof. S. Hatai; 3 commissioners 



(2 in Palao, 1 in Sendai) ; 2 janitors. 

 Provisions for visiting investigators: Four can be 



accommodated, including the staff and research 



members sent by the Society. 

 Income: Annual budget for 1937: 12,200 yen. 

 Provision for the publication of results: The Palao 



Tropical Biological Studies, issued by the Japan 



Society for the Promotion of Scientific Research, 



Tokyo. 



Seto Marine Biological Laboratory (Seto 

 Rinkai Kenkyusho) ('37) 



History: An account of the establishment of the 

 Seto station is given in the article cited beloW* 

 and from it the following is quoted : 



The Department of Biology (now the Depart- 

 ments of Zoology and Botany) of the Kyoto 

 Imperial University was established in 1917, and 

 four years later, in 1921, the Government granted 

 150,000 yen toward the erection of a marine 

 biological laboratory to be attached to the 

 department. This sum was spent largely for the 

 louilding and equipment of the Seto Marine 

 Biological Laboratory. It was supplemented 

 by a contribution of 50,000 yen from Wakayama 

 Prefecture, while a lot of nine acres and a half 

 was donated by the village of Seto-Kanayama. 

 The whole building was completed in the spring 

 of 1922, and the activities began in the summer 

 of the same year. One thing to be deeply re- 

 gretted in connection with the establishment of 

 the Laboratory, was the death of its founder, 

 Prof. Iwaji Ikeda, which happened just before 

 the completion of the building. 



Location: Seto-Kanayama, Wakayama ken, on the 

 west coast of Kii Peninsula, about 128 km. south 

 of Osaka: 4 hours by train, 1 hour by bus, and 20 

 minutes on boat; or 8 hours by steamer. 



Organization to which attached: Faculty of Science, 

 Kyoto Imperial University. 



Purposes: Research work on marine biology; 

 instruction to students of Kyoto Imperial Uni- 

 versity. 



Scope of activities: Researches in marine biology, 

 including .systematics, morphology, embryology, 

 ecology, physiology, planktonology, et cetera; 

 lectures, laboratory courses in marine biology for 



* Komai, Taku, and Ikari, Jiro, The Seto Marine Bio- 

 logical Laboratory, its equipment, and activities, with 

 remarks on the fauna and flora of the environs: Records of 

 Oceanog. Works in Japan, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 113-129, pis. 

 27-35, 1929. 



University students; special courses in marine 

 biology for teachers of middle and primary schools, 

 usually attended by about 30 persons; exhibit of 

 marine life for public. 

 Equipment: Buildings are all wooden and one storied; 



1 students' laboratory, 220 sq. m.; 1 research 

 laboratory, 264 sq. m.; 1 library-museum, 13 

 sq. m. ; 1 aquarium building, 186 sq. m. ; 1 dormi- 

 tory, 395 sq. m. ; 1 residence for resident members, 

 61 sq. m.; 1 collecting boat Nyusin Maru, 14.4 x 

 3.9 m., 19 tons, semidiesel engine; 1 small boat; 



2 row boats. 



Staff: Acting Director, Prof. Y. Okada; Assistant 



Prof. K. Akatsuka; 1 assistant; 1 technical 



assistant; janitor and cook. 

 Provisions for visiting investigators: 10 at most; 



usually about 5. 

 Income: Sources : University of Kyoto. 



Amount : Fluctuates from year to year, about Yen 



3,000, excluding the salaries of the staff from 



Kyoto Imperial University. 

 Provision for publication of results: Mostly in Mem. 



Coll. of Science, University of Kyoto, also in 



other journals. 



Mitsui Institute of Marine Biology ('37) 



History or origin: Established and opened in 1933 

 by Mr. Takanaga Mitsui. 



Location: Susaki near Simoda, Kamo-gun, Siduoka- 

 prefecture. 



Organization to which attached: Independent insti- 

 tution. 



Purposes: Research in marine biology. 



Scope of activities: Researches in marine biology in 

 general, planktology, algalogy, physiology, and 

 oceanography; biological survey of the neighbor- 

 ing waters, especially of deep-.sea fauna of Suruga 

 Bay. 



Fellowships are awarded annually by the 

 committee of the Institute to the research workers 

 who desire to investigate marine material in the 

 Institute. 



Equipment: 1 laboratory building, reinforced con- 

 crete, 2 floors, 297 tubo (1 tubo = 6x6 ft.), of 

 25 rooms: 9 research rooms, 2 libraries, 3 store 

 rooms, 2 constant temperature rooms, 2 seismo- 

 logical observatories, office pubHc hall, museum, 

 engine room, aquarium room, boat house, janitor's 

 room; all furnished with running sea and fresh 

 water; 1 small motor boat and a few row boats 

 for collection and occanographical observation. 



Staff: Scientific: Director (changeable by 3 years' 



