March 26* 1941 
til® Idea, of a field laboratory ia the Salapagos Islaads for the 
study of thoir remarkabla plant and attiml Ilf® and ttieir enirlroiimeiit* as 
w®ll as tJw biology and physloal oosanography of adjaoent waters, is not a 
xxmt on©* It has been dlsoussod nmiij timas by soleatifio workers In this 
and other oo«ntrl©s, iaoluding the Republle of Eouador# With the support 
of the United States goireroaont, the Stelthsoniaa Institution eeoks the 
spapathetie and active cooperation of the Hepabllo of icuador for the 
©Stahl ishaent of suoh a researoh laboratory* 
fhe ^ithsoniaa Institution will provide the necessary laboratory, 
its resident personnel arkl aooessory buildings, provid© for their wainten- 
anoe and equipaeat, and proTide such boats as may be umd&& for the proper 
conduct of the projeoted stud^?* Beyond the neoess&ry resident staff, paid 
for and furnished by the atalthsonian Institution, it is contemplated that 
a limited nxrabor of properly aooredited scientists from both ooimtrlos 
will be enabled by their raspeotlir© govertaaent® to undertake approTcd 
soientiflo IttYestigatlons in the Galapagos IslaadsA>^® l>®aaM«e heTtei^ 
6stcJjUsK^c( oiHo(. li’s "^c'«|«tiC6 Ct-dec^uci^e ^rtU.e 
In any case, fr®e aocoEasiodatioas (food and lodging) will be pro» 
vided at the laboratory for one soientiflo investigator^ #ios© personal 
oompensatlon or euioluaenta would, hcwever* be provided froBs Bouadorian 
souroQS* This Investigator is to be designated by a coimitte® composed of 
representeti'?'©® of the soleatifio faculties of tlie several universities of 
Fiouador or such other solentifio organization as may bo 4w«feg»yBad-by the 
rovenment of Bouador. 
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