CATALOGUE OF INSTITUTIONS— PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, SIAM 



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Puerto Galera Marine Biological Laboratory of the 

 University of the Philippines ('37) 



History or origin: Through the request of Dr. Law- 

 rence D. Griffin, President of the University, Dr. 

 Murray Bartlett, entered into an agreement with 

 Dr. R. P. Strong of the Bureau of Science to send 

 a joint expedition to undertake a marine bio- 

 logical survey of the Philippine waters. The 

 first place visited was Puerto Galera, Mindoro, 

 and a temporary station was established at this 

 place in 1912. In 1924, the Board of Regents 

 granted the Departments of Zoology and Botany 

 authority to conduct yearly si.x weeks of field work 

 for the purpose of giving summer courses. 



Location: Municipality of Puerto Galera, extreme 

 northern point of Island of Mindoro (long. 120° 58' 

 E., lat. 13° 31' N.), about 89 nautical miles from 

 Manila, 16 nautical miles from Batangas, 17 nauti- 

 cal miles from Bauan, Batangas, and 18 nautical 

 miles from Calapan, the capitol of the province 

 of Mindoro. The station is best accessible from 

 Bauan or Batangas where motor- and sail-boats 

 can easily be chartered. The University usually 

 makes special arrangements with the several 

 inter-island steamship companies of Manila to 

 take its equipment, supplies, and personnel yearly 

 direct from Manila to Puerto Galera. 



Organization to which attached: The University of 

 the Philippines. 



Purposes: To provide biologists of the Philippines 

 and other countries place and equipment for 

 carrying out investigations on marine animals 

 and plants. 



(Scope of activities: Investigations of purely biological 

 problems on general physiology, embryology, 

 animal behavior, ecology, experimental biology 

 and systematics, and to study other problems of 

 direct economic importance; to gather more data 

 on the habitats, life-histories, natural enemies, 

 food, et cetera, of the known edible animals. 



Equipment: The laboratory building is equipped 

 with laboratory tables, light, tanks for fresh and 

 sea water, chemicals, and books, as well as other 

 necessary apparatus. During summer session 

 (April and May) the visitors may take their 

 meals in the mess ($30.00 a month) and rent a 

 small hut ($5.00 a month) (Philippine pesos). 

 During other months, investigators have to bring 

 their own provisions and rent a small house. 

 An investigator is provided by the station with 

 microscope, chemicals, and other facihties com- 



mon to scientific undertakings. However, any 

 visiting investigator may bring his own apparatus 

 necessary for the performance of his particular 

 line of research. 



Staff: Scientific: Hilario A. Roxas, Director; Leo- 

 poldo S. Clemente; Felix V. Santos; Amado T. 

 Feliciano; Jose S. Domantay; Miss Lucia A. 

 Manikis; Miss Angela de la Paz; Jose V. Pay- 

 Chiongco. Technical and clerical: 4. Main- 

 tenance and operation: 5. 



Provision for visiting investigators: Every visiting 

 investigator is welcome in this laboratory station. 

 The visitor to Puerto Galera may take the train 

 from Manila to Batangas and may take a boat 

 from Batangas to Puerto Galera. The trip from 

 Manila to the place of the station may take ten 

 hours. 



Income: The station has no fixed appropriation, but 

 obtains its necessary running expenses both from 

 the College of Liberal Arts and the Summer 

 School. 



Provision for publication of results: Results of work 

 done in this station may be published either in 

 the U. P. Natural and Applied Sciences or in the 

 Philippine Journal of Science. 



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Krom Uthoksat (Hydrographic Service of the Royal 

 Siamese Navy) ('37) 



History or origin: The present Hydrographic Service 

 was formerly a mere Depot of Charts and In- 

 struments intended for the Navy. The difficulties 

 that were experienced in maintaining an adequate 

 supply of charts, all of which were purchased 

 from foreign countries, early led to a recommenda- 

 tion from the Naval General Staff that means for 

 providing charts should be installed at the depot. 

 It also became apparent that charts should be 

 constructed by the Siamese in their own country. 

 The survey work in Siamese waters was begun 

 in the year 1856 by Master John Richards, R.B.N., 

 with the assistance of Mr. G. H. Inskip and Mr. 

 J. W. Reed, R.B.N., on board H.B.M.S. Saracen. 

 After that time there were many foreign surveying 

 parties in different parts of the Siamese waters. 

 The hydrographic work in the Siamese Navy was 

 initiated in 1908, and in 1913 a Hydrographic Office 

 was created under the administration of the Naval 

 Science Department. Up to 1912 Danish Naval 

 officers were the instructors and chiefs of survey- 

 ing. In 1914 two survey divisions were formed 



