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(a) shall establish in the Galapagos Islands, Republic of Ecuador, a scientific research laboratory, upon conditions specified above, and shall provide and maintain the necessary buildings, equipment, boats, and other appurtenances of the establishment and its resident personnel; (b) shall, so far as practicable, conduct laboratory and field investigations of the natural history of the islands, including the weather and climate (meteorology); tides, currents, temperatures, and the chemical constitution of the waters in and about the islands (hydrography and oceanography); geology, paleontology, and biology (in the widest sense) of the animal and plant life of land, and marine and fresh waters, and the ocean bottoms of the Galapagos Island area; and shall make the results of the various investigations undertaken public, with the consent and approval of the Government of Ecuador, in the form of published reports suitably illustrated. (c) shall, so far as practicable, take steps to conserve [[strikethrough]]?[[/strikethrough]] the existing indigenous wild life of the islands [[strikethrough]] and to [[/strikethrough]] ^[[including the]] eliminati^[[on of]] introduced species that are inimical to the welfare and reproduction of the indigenous species, and, as deemed practical, to endeavor to restore one or more of the islands to its or their former natural conditions; (d) shall provide out of funds available to it the personnel necessary for the proper upkeep and maintenance of the laboratory and vessels and boats attached to it, and for the proper conduct of the scientific investigations that may be undertaken; (d) shall provide free [[strikethrough]] ? [[/strikethrough]] accommodations (food, lodging, and laboratory space and facilities on the basis of equality with the scientific workers appointed by the Smithsonian Institution) for one scientist designated ^[[initials]] ^[[(]]by such methods or means as may be set up for the purpose^[[)]] by the Government of Ecuador; the personal compensation or emoluments of such an investigator, however, to be provided from Ecuadorian sources; ^[[insertion]] [alternative (e) next page][[/insertion]]
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