For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941 the sum of $5,790 was appropriated by Congress to defray the cost of American participation in the activities of the radio section of the Bureau (54 Stat. 187). INTERNATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC BUREAU Offices: Monte Carlo, Monaco. The International Hydrographic Bureau was founded as a result of the activities of the First International Hydrographic Conference, held in London in 1919, on an idea originated by E. R. Knorr of the Hydrographic Office of the United States Navy, who, previous to 1884, had prepared a memorandum urging international action for the improvement of the hydrographic work of the various governments. The Hydrographic Bureau, in order to carry out its principal objectives and purposes, undertakes: (1) The study of documents published by hydrographic offices; (3) The study of methods of hydrographic surveying; (5) The study of the construction and use of hydrographic in- (6) The study of the methods of recruiting and training per sonnel for surveying-vessels and hydrographic offices; (7) Research on any other subject connected with hydrography. In order to make these studies and researches, the Bureau forms collections of the latest editions of the charts and works published by the hydrographic and other offices of the members, with reference to their own coasts and those of their colonies, and keeps full sets of catalogs and indexed charts published by all countries. The Bureau is under the direction of a committee of three members elected at the periodic conferences by vote of the member states. Membership of the United States in the International Hydrographic Bureau and the first contribution toward the expenses of the Bureau were authorized by an act of Congress approved March 2, 1921 (41 Stat. 1215). For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941 the sum of $5,404 was appropriated by Congress for this contribution (54 Stat. 187). INTER-AMERICAN TRADE-MARK BUREAU' Offices: Habana, Cuba. (Established in 1917) The Inter-American Trade-Mark Bureau was established pursuant to the provisions of the convention of August 20, 1910 (Treaty Series 626; 39 Stat. 1675) and amended by the convention of April 28, 1923 (Treaty Series 751; 44 Stat. 2494) and the convention of February 20, 1929 (Treaty Series 833; 46 Stat. 2907). It is the purpose of the conventions to grant to the nationals of each contracting state the same rights and remedies within the territory of the other contracting states which their respective laws extend to their own nationals with respect to trade-marks, tradenames, and the repression of unfair competition and false indications of geographic origin or source. The duties of the Inter-American Trade-Mark Bureau include the following: (1) The recording of applications for the inter-American registration of trade-marks; (2) The notifying of acceptance or non-acceptance; (3) The making of arrangements for protection in the countries in which protection is desired; (4) The notifying of owners of trade-marks of their rights, of dues payable, and of the date of expiration of protection periods; (5) In general, the performing of the duties set forth in the protocol and annexed regulations for facilitating the inter-American registration of trade-marks. The Bureau is administered by a director and a staff of assistants. Funds for the first contribution of the United States toward the expenses of the Bureau were appropriated in 1918 (40 Stat. 1023), and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941 the sum of $14,330.20 was appropriated by Congress for this contribution (54 Stat. 187). 'Formerly called the International Trade-Mark Registration Bureau. INTERNATIONAL BUREAU FOR THE PROTECTION OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY (Established in 1884) Offices: Bern, Switzerland. The United States of America is a member of the International Bureau for the Protection of Industrial Property by adherence to the convention of 1883 and by signature and ratification of the protocol thereto of 1891, the additional act of 1900, and the revisions of 1911, 1925, and 1934 (Treaty Series 379; 25 Stat. 1372; Treaty Series 385; 27 Stat. 958; Treaty Series 411; 32 Stat. 1936; Treaty Series 579; 38 Stat. 1645; Treaty Series 834; 47 Stat. 1789; Treaty Series 941; 53 Stat. 1768). Under the provisions of the convention the contracting countries constitute themselves into a union for the protection of industrial property, which gives the nationals of each of the contracting countries in the territory of the others the same rights and advantages with regard to industrial property as the citizens thereof. Consequently, they have the same protection and the same legal remedy against any infringement of their rights. Industrial property as covered by the convention includes patents, utility models, industrial designs and models, trade-marks, commercial names, and indications of origin, and also the repression of unfair competition. Article XIII of the convention provides for the establishment of the International Bureau for the Protection of Industrial Property, which is charged with the duty of centralizing information relating to the protection of industrial property and of combining it in a general report for distribution to all member governments. The International Bureau considers matters of patents, trade-marks, and commercial names of common interest to the members of the union and issues a periodical in the French language dealing with questions regarding industrial property. Copies of this periodical, like all documents published by the International Bureau, are distributed among the administrations of the member countries, and upon request the Bureau furnishes special information on questions relating to the international service of industrial property. An annual report of its management is communicated to all the members of the union. The first appropriation for American participation in the work of this Bureau was made on July 1, 1888 (25 Stat. 287), and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941 the sum of $1,471.63 was appropriated by Congress for such participation (54 Stat. 187). GORGAS MEMORIAL LABORATORY Offices: Panamá, Panama. (Established in 1929) The Gorgas Memorial Laboratory is under the general supervision of the Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical and Preventive Medicine of Washington, D.C., a private philanthropic institution operated in behalf of the public welfare. The purposes of the Institute are humanitarian and scientific; its officers and directors serve without pay, and it is operated without profit. The Institute was created in honor of General William Crawford Gorgas, who is recognized as having been one of the world's famous sanitary experts. Its organization was sponsored by men eminent in the field of medicine who were advisers, co-workers, and assistants of General Gorgas during his service in the World War of 1914-18 as Surgeon General of the United States Army. The establishment and operation of the Laboratory at Panamá, for which the United States makes annual appropriations, is kept entirely separate and distinct from the other undertakings of the Institute, both as to operation and finances. It is under the supervision of a director, who is an outstanding scientist in the field of tropical medicine, elected by the scientific board of the Institute. Designed for perpetual existence, the Gorgas Memorial Laboratory (the lands and buildings of which were contributed by the Republic of Panama) is maintained and operated for intensive study and research touching on the cause and prevention of diseases of the tropics. Tropical research in veterinary medicine was undertaken by the Laboratory in 1931, in connection with which a research station is located on a stock farm near Santa Rosa. The annual contribution of the United States toward the maintenance of the Laboratory was authorized by an act of Congress approved May 7, 1928 (45 Stat. 491), and an appropriation of $50.000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941 was made by Congress on May 14, 1940 (54 Stat. 187). A report on the operation and work of the Laboratory, including a statement of receipts and expenditures, is made to the Congress of the United States annually. INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL BUREAU AT THE HAGUE Offices: The Hague, Netherlands. The International Statistical Institute, established in 1885, is a private organization of statisticians having no official connection with any government. Its members are selected from among the citizens of various countries who have distinguished themselves in the field of statistics either in the service of their governments or in private life. Its object is the improvement of the scope and quality and, more especially, the international comparability of official statistics. Its bylaws provide for the publication of a quarterly bulletin, an international statistical annual, special works on international statistics, and the proceedings of the sessions. Because the lack of a permanent staff and of funds prevented the consummation of the publication program and other work, the International Statistical Bureau was established by vote of the general meeting of the Institute in 1913. The Bureau is a separate project from the Institute and is maintained by government subscriptions. It has the following duties: (1) To collect and maintain a statistical library and prepare, (2) To work for the unification of statistical methods; (4) To assist the executive committee of the Institute in pre- Membership of the United States and an annual contribution toward the expenses of the Bureau were authorized by an act of Congress approved April 28, 1924 (43 Stat. 112). Money for the first contribution of the United States was appropriated December 5, 1924 (43 Stat. 672). For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941 the sum of $2,000 was appropriated by Congress for this contribution (54 Stat. 188). CENTRAL BUREAU OF THE INTERNATIONAL MAP OF THE WORLD ON THE MILLIONTH SCALE (Established in 1913) Offices: Southampton, England. The plan to map the entire surface of the earth, according to uniform specifications and by international cooperation, took definite form at the Ninth International Geographical Congress held in Geneva in 1908, resulting, in November 1908, in the meeting of an international committee, on which the United States of America was represented, for the purpose of elaborating proposals for putting into |