The director of the experiment station may:
a. Establish and maintain one or more stations for the scientific investigation of oyster propagation and other ostreicultural problems, which station or stations shall be situated at a point or points in the oyster-growing sections of this state;
b. Procure boats adapted to the prosecution of such research work and have them equipped with suitable apparatus;
c. Engage experts and others needed in the maintenance of the ostreicultural studies;
d. Transmit to the governor, annually, in the reports of the experiment station, a complete report of the scientific operations under this section.