11 
ftartugas Labcaratory Budget (approxiaat®) 
fhm matter of so'fe'ting up maintaining tha Tortugas laboratory 
pres®it®d the Cariwgie Institutioa with muoh th© ssaae problata as that oon- 
frontii^ us in th® proposed Galapagos Island research station. I there- 
fore append an approxiaatioa of th# budget of ttiat laboratory, wliere I was 
fortunate enough to spend four suimers, aloi^ with stat®a@nts of the capi- 
tal iaTOstment and grants for three different years as givm In Tear 
Books of the Institution* 
Tim laboratory was k^t open for about teelve wmks each auwaer, 
roughly two and a half montiis. The budget ms for the runaii^ essp^nses of 
th® suEssaer season only, except for tkm oiiarge for the laooriag site in the 
Miami Riiwsr wiser® the laboratory boats were k^t during thm winter* I un- 
derstand that th® larger repairs and replaosseats and spociai trips and 
tra-sel, such as through the West ladies, to Tahiti, Samoa, and the like, 
wore separately appropriated for* Biey were not included in th® regular 
laboratory budget* ?h© budget i tests of trarel, hotel, and laundry covered 
the expenses of tile visiting investigators on their my to the laboratory 
and home again* Temporary help numbered from six to seven people j provisions 
and ice provided for 18 to 25 for the twelve weeks period* 
