The University of Hawaii shall have the privilege, free of charge, of using the land, buildings, apparatus, and appliances of the department for the purposes of a biological laboratory and for research and investigation in connection therewith, so far as the same can be done without material interference with the use of the same as an aquatic life propagation station or for other aquatic-resources activities. The university shall render to the department, in return therefor, such assistance as is reasonably practicable, in connection with the aquatic life propagation station or for other aquatic-resources activities, and as may be mutually agreed upon.
HRS § 187A-12