Organisational Plan

Pacific Science

THE permanent Secretariat of the Paci fic Science Association has now been established in Honolulu, with offices in Bishop Museum. The Secretariat was authorised at the Seventh Pacific Science Congress, held in New Zealand in 1949.

It functions in the following capacities:— •To assist Governments, institutions and individuals as well as Standing Com mittees of the Pacific Science Association, in the implementation of resolutions and recommendations adopted by Pacific Science Congresses. • To serve as a central office for the Pacific Science Council, especially during the intervening period between Con gresses, • To serve as an information dissemina tion centre in Pacific science matters. • To assist in maintaining a continuity in the relationship between the Pacific Science Association and such inter national agencies as the specialised agencies of United Nations, and South Pacific Commission.

International in scope, the Pacific Science Association includes Representa tive Institutions from countries in the Pacific, or interested therein, as well as those about the rim. Carrying out the international concept the Secretariat officers are Loring G. Hudson, Executive Secretary, from Honolulu, and Miss Brenda Bishop, Assistant Secretary, from New Zealand.

Continuity between Congresses is further maintained through the follow ing Standing Committees for Pacific re search.

The title, in each case, refers to the Pacific area:—

Volcanology.—Mr. J. Healv, Nz Geo

logical Survey, Rotorua, NZ.

GEOLOGICAL HlSTORY.—Professor R.

S. Allan, Department of Geology, Can terbury University College, Christ church, NZ.

SEISMOLOGY.—Dr. C. F. Richter, Seis mological Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.,

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METEOROLOGY.—Dean A. F. Spilhaus, Institute of Technology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.

Oceanography.—Dr. Thomas G.

Thompson, Director, Oceanographic Laboratories, University of Washing ton, Seattle, USA.

SYSTEMATIC ZOOLOGY.—Professor Dr.

H. Boschma, Director, Royal Museum of Natural History, Leiden, Holland.

Pacific Entomology.—Dean L. B.

Uichanco, College of Agriculture, Uni versity of the Philippines, Laguna, Philippines.

Terrestrial Faunas.—Mr. E. G.

Turbott, Auckland Institute and Museum, Auckland, NZ.

Pacific Plant Areas.—Dr. W. R. B

Oliver, Seatoun, Wellington, NZ.

Pacific Conservation.—Dr. R. A.

Falla, Director, Dominion Museum, Wellington, NZ.

Museums In Pacific Research.—

Dr. R. Cushman Murphy, American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA.

Soil And Land Classification.—

Mr. J. K. Taylor, Chief Division of Soils, CSIR, Waite Institute, Adelaide, South Australia.

Forest Resources.—Mr. Stephen N

Wyckoff, California Forest and Range Experiment Station, Berkeley, Calif

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Crop Improvement.—Dr. E. C. Audi

ter, President, Pineapple Research Institute of Hawaii, Honolulu.

Animal Improvement.—Dr. Valente

Villegas, Head, Department of Animal Husbandry, College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines, Laguna.

Anthropology And Social

SCIENCES. —Dr. E. Beaglehole, Vic toria University College, Wellington, NZ.

The executive body of the Pacific Science Association is the Pacific Science Council which, by the Association’s Con stitution, is set at a maximum of fifteen members. The Council is at present con stituted as follows: Australia.—Professor A. P. Elkin.

Canada.—Professor G. M. Shrum.

China.—(unrepresented).

France—Professor Roger Heim.

Hawaii.—Sir Peter Buck.

Indo-China.—Dr. Maurice Bayen.

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Indonesia. —Professor Dr. H. P. Ber lage.

Japan.—Mr. Sinkisi Hatai.

Netherlands.—Professor Dr. H. Bos chma.

New Zealand. —Dr. Patrick Marshall.

Philippines.—Dean Antonio G. Sison.

U SSR.— (unrepresented).

United Kingdom.—Professor G. W.

Robinson.

United States.—Dean Knowles A. Ryer son.

Dr. and Mrs. John Akerman, of We wak, New Guinea, with their three children, were planning, in July, to leave for a trip to Perth by boat. It is un likely that the Akermans will return to New Guinea.