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INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF OCEANOGRAPHY 



Head of the biological and aquicultural depart- 

 ment. 

 Head of the oceanographical department. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: No provision. 



Income: 6,000 yen. 



Provision for publication of results: Bulletin of the 

 Fishery Experiment Station of the Government- 

 General of Chosen, and other journals. 



JAVA TO STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, 

 INCLUSIVE 



East Indies 



Koninklijk Magnetisch en Meteorologisch 

 Observatorium te Batavia ('37) 



History or origin: Established in 1866. 



Location: Batavia, Java. 



Organization to which attached: Netherlands East 

 Indian Government. 



Purposes and scope of activities: General meteorologi- 

 cal and geophysical work. Also studies of sea 

 water temperatures and other physical aspects of 

 the sea. 



Equipment: An excellent laboratory in Batavia in 

 which there is all of the necessary apparatus for 

 the conduct of the work within the scope of the 

 observatory. 



Staff: Director, Dr. J. Boerema; Dr. H. P. Berlage, 

 Jr. Technical and clerical : 40. Maintenance and 

 operation: 5. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: Investigators can 

 be accommodated. 



Income: Sources: State. 

 Amount: f. 150,000 ('33). 



Provision for publication of results: Koninklijk 

 Magnetisch en Meteorologisch Observatorium te 

 Batavia, Verhandelingen. Yearbook, Seismol. 

 Bulletin, Rainfall Observations. 



Laboratorium voor het Onderzoek der Zee (Labo- 

 ratory for Marine Investigations) ('37) 



History or origin: Continuation of the former 

 Fishery Station which was established in 1906 

 with the intention of carrying out investigations 

 relating to sea-fishery problems. At present 

 there is a separate fishery station and the new 

 laboratory is intended for purely scientific sea- 

 exploration and marine studies. 



Location: Pasar ikan (fish-market), Batavia. 



Organization to which attached: Belongs to 's Lands 

 Plantentuin (Botanical Gardens), Buitenzorg. 



Purposes: Scientific marine investigations. 



Scope of activities: The former director. Dr. H. C. 

 Delsman, worked mainly on pelagic fish eggs and 

 larvae, and later on the plankton of the Java Sea; 

 coral-reef studies have been made by Dr. Verwey; 

 Doctor Hardenberg has been occupied with the 

 fish fauna of river mouths. 



Equipment: A laboratory, a small public aquarium, 

 both situated in a small botanical garden ; possesses 

 a motor-boat; an auxiliary aquarium on Isle of 

 Onrust in Bay of Batavia; cruises in the Java 

 Sea made on board a government steamer. 



Staff: Acting Director Dr. J. D. F. Hardenberg, 

 biologist. European waiter and servants at- 

 tached to the laboratory. 



Provisions for visiting investigators: One room in the 

 laboratory, with about 5 working-places, is 

 reserved for visiting investigators. These places 

 are free. 



Income: AH costs are paid by the government. The 

 available sum has been greatly reduced. 



Provision for publication of results: Results are pub- 

 lished in "Treubia" the zoological periodical of 

 the Botanical Gardens. 



New Zealand 



Porto Bello Marine Fisheries Investigation 

 Station ('34) 



History or origin: Establishment of the station was 

 first undertaken by the Otago Institute and was 

 effected by means of funds raised by scientific 

 societies and the New Zealand Government. It 

 was formally opened in 1904. 



Location: Near Dunedin on Otago Harbor. 



Organization to which attached: Associated with the 

 marine fisheries investigation of the Marine 

 Department of New Zealand. 



Purposes: To study the problems of significance to 

 New Zealand fisheries. 



(Scope of activities: Biological investigations, es- 

 pecially those of economic significance, of con- 

 siderable range, and local hydrographic work, 

 especially water temperatures and local currents. 



Equipment: Indoor aquarium and large outside 

 ponds; laboratory and library; fishing launch and 

 gear; residences for staff. 



Staff: Chairman of the Board, Prof. W. B. Benham. 

 There is at present no residential biologist. The 

 Station is under the care of Mr. W. Adams. 



The Station is under the control of a Board 

 appointed by the Government. The members 

 are: Prof. W. B. Benham; Dr. Church; Mr. L. D. 



