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WE print in another part of this issue an article upon the position and prospects of the Zoological Station at Naples. The legal position of the Station has at last been denned by a statute, which according to the Gazzetta Ufficiale of Rome has been approved by decree. The Station is declared to be in ente morale (i.e. is legally constituted under government control, but accounts have to be kept according to government requirements, and certain privileges are enjoyed). The property known as Santo Pietro in Porto d'Ischia, comprising the land and house formerly owned by the heirs of Dr. A. Dohrn, and recently in chancery to the “Demanio dello Stato “by decree of April 10, 1921, is assigned with all rights to the ente morale. A capital fund of 250,000 lire is assigned to the ente morale for the service of the Station. This capital is raised by the sale of two properties, the farm of Settefondi in Forte dei Marmi in the province of Lucca, and the woods of Altofusco near Castello d'Ischia, formerly owned by the Dohrn heirs. The Demanio dello Stato is authorised to transfer these two properties to Prof. R. Dohrn for the said price of 250,000 lire. Following on the aforesaid arrangement, and with the agreement of the “Comune “of Naples and of Dr. Dohrn, the Dohrn heirs are to have restored to them their property situate in the Via Francesco Crispi, formerly known as No. 92 Rione Amedeo, with all furniture therein. The Prefect of Naples is authorised to transfer the same to Dr. Dohrn. The income of the Zoological Station will be derived from (i) annual contributions from the Minister of Public Instruction, from the Thalassographic Committee, and from the “Comune “of Naples; (2) contributions from public bodies and from Italian and foreign institutions; (3) fees for the letting of tables for research; (4) entrance fees to the aquarium, and from other sources. All the publications of the Zoological Station are to be issued in Italian form, but the contents may be in either Italian, French, English, or German, the four languages approved by the International Biological Congress. The internal administration of the Station will be under regulations approved by the Administrative Council and the Minister of Public Instruction. The research and administrative staff may be of any nationality, except the heads of departments, who must be Italian. A second and later statute refers to the composition of the Board which is to supervise the affairs of the Station, and o defines the position of Dr. Dohrn as director.
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Current Topics and Events. Nature 113, 469–472 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/113469a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/113469a0