ADMINISÏRATION-REPORT 1902-03 



XX 



Means for 



carrying out the 



Hydrographical 



Work in the 



various States 



Denmark 



Germany 



England 



A brief review of the means in the participating states at present at the 

 disposal of the hydrographical work may find a place here. 



Denmark. The director of the hydrographical work is Docent Martin Knud- 

 SEN, the assistants at the laboratory are Mag. H. Hansen and Miss P. Hedegaard, 

 the assistant on board the steamer *'Thor", Cand. Mag. J. N. Nielsen. The seas- 

 onal cruises to the Faroes and Iceland are undertaken by the "Thor", those in 

 the Belts and Kattegat by the 



Fiskerikontroldamperen "Falken", Master: Holstein. 

 Vagerinspektionsskibet "L0ven0rn", Captain: Bat Smith, Acting Captain 



of the Danish Navy. 

 Fyrinspektionsskibet "G. F. Grove", Captain: Saxild, Acting Captain of 

 the Danish Navy. 

 The work on shore is carried on at the "Hydrografisk Laboratorium", Ber- 

 gensgade 1, and at the "Polyteknisk Lsereanstalt", S0lvtorvet, Kj0benhavn. The 

 plankton material collected during the seasonal cruises is worked out by "Musseums- 

 inspect0r" C. H. Ostenfeld (Phytoplankton), and by Dr. G. Wesenberg-Lund (Zoo- 

 plankton). 



Germany. The director of the work is Professor 0. Krümmel, Kiel, the assistants 

 are Dr. Ruppin and Kand. Edlefsen. The seasonal cruises are conducted on board the 

 Royal Steamship "Poseidon", the work on shore at the hydrographical laboratory 

 of the "Kommission zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung der deutschen Meere" in 

 Kiel. The plankton material collected during the seasonal cruises is worked up 

 by Dr. G. Apstein with the assistance of Gand. Phil. Conrad. 



England. The director of the work is Dr. E. J. Allen, Plymouth, the 

 hydrographical assistant is Mr. Donald J. Matthews. The seasonal cruises are 

 conducted on board the s. s. "Huxley", and "Oithona"; the work on shore is car- 

 ried out at the laboratory of the "Marine Biological Association of the United 

 Kingdom". The plankton collected during the seasonal cruises is worked up by 

 Dr. L. H. GouGH, the Foraminifera are identified by Mr. R. H. Worth. 



Finland Finland. The director of the work is Professor Th. Homén, Helsingfors, the 



assistants are Gand. Phil. Rolf J; Witting and Mag. Phil. Sigurd Stenius. The 

 seasonal cruises have hitherto been conducted by the Customs ships. Ice-breakers 

 etc., and in the future are to be carried out by the new research steamer. The 

 work on shore is carried on at the laboratory of the "Hydrografiska Kommissionen", 

 Helsingfors, Konstantinsgatan 8. The plankton is worked up by Dr. K. M. 

 Levander. 



