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Th« OcrreriKwast of th® Iteltod Stat®® of /»riea aad th© ao-f©raa®at 
of the l?,o|Hablio of iicuador, 
CcaasideriHg that it is hi^y dosirahle,; of iaostismble valu© to 
eoi€BKs®, and in tlaoir mitaal interest that th© existing iadigeaous awira«i 
end plant life b© oa«fully ooaserTod# and ti»t they cooporat® in th© es- 
tablishing of a laboratory in th® Galapigo® Islands for th© study of all 
phases of th© natural history of th® Islandsi and 
(kjnsidering th® aoti'v® interest that the Oowrnaent of Eouador 
has had In th® proteotion of th® topax-TWWiiiB wild life of the Galapac,oa 
Islands and in th® possible future derelopaesit of those Islands j and <d»t 
th® Qaitlisonian Institution is au'ttorised by an Mt of Qm^sems of the 
lMt®d States of /«erica approved 27 * 194 ^ 3 S 3 al:ing appropriations for 
oertaia purposes, to undertake soi«g®tiflo iSYOstiijations of various kinds 
in various parts of th® worl^.to establish and opersito researoh laboratorio®, 
to aoquir© land,^ aixi aoqair® or eonstruot and equip aeoossary buildings and 
take oertaln oiiier necessary Mmsuros 
liave oonoluded this agrosamt for the ©atablleisaai 
laboratory in the Qalapagos Islands with a irfbcw to def tiling tli©ir 
raspootivo i^erosts in th® project and th® faollities,^ servioes, and other 
ooatributions wiiioh thsy shall aaake amilable for th® parposei 
The tern ^natural ^.Bistory'* is used her© and elsewhere in the text of this 
cooperative agro^aeat in its most ocsapretieasiT© sens®, eabraoing in its 
scope all physical and natural soimooe. 
