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Rh the Colonial Medical Service, and instead of opening this in Berlin they formed a coalition with the State of Hamburg, by which they, while retaining certain rights and granting money in aid, ensured for their naval officers tuition in the Institute and adjoining hospital. The Institute at Hamburg, therefore, has the advantage of officially belonging both to the Imperial Government and to the State of Hamburg, and when money cannot be obtained from one of these sources it is often easy to procure it from the other. This doubtless accounts for the fact that the financial position is never strained, and though I have made many inquiries I have not yet succeeded in finding anyone who could tell me what the annual budget amounts to. The whole establishment is under Government and Municipal control, and is not dependent, as our English Tropical Schools are, on the benefactions of the public. I should also mention that grants in aid seem to be obtained from the War and Marine Ministries.

Another advantage which the Hamburg Institute has is that it was considered important from the very beginning that it should be in close touch with the sanitary service of the port, and therefore Dr. Nocht, the port medical officer of the city, was appointed Director of the Institute, and has his chief office in that building.

In 1906 the Institute was found to be too small, and was therefore enlarged; zoological laboratories were added, under the care of the late Professor Schaudinn, who has now been succeeded by Dr. von Prowazek.

The Institute stands on a hill in the centre of the docks, about half an hour by tramway from the heart of the town. On the ground floor are the Director's room, other offices, and a research laboratory for four workers. On the first floor is the library and reading-room. Two lady librarians