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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 July 1950Vol. XX, No. 12

South Pacific Research

p. 13 · Read in the full issue

Council

To Meet In Sydney In August

ARRANGEMENTS are being com pleted for the meeting of the Re search Council of the South Pacific Commission at the University of Sydney in the second and third week of August.

The meeting will be attended by the four permanent members of the Council (Dr. Baas Becking, Dr. Massal, Professor McMillan and Mr. Maude) and between 12 and 15 associate members. Observers will be present from international bodies and scientific institutions. Officials and members of the Commission will also at tend.

There will be progress reports on the activities of the Research Council, and the expansion of the Commission’s pro gramme of work will be considered. Some recommendations fro mthe South Pacific Conference —held in Fiji in April and May—will be brought forward for con sideration.