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regarding the hydrography, geology, and natural history of 

 the Pacific. 



At the close of the Congress the unanimous verdict was 

 that the meeting had been a decided success, and that other 

 meetings should be held every two or three years, 



FIELD WORK OF THE MUSEUM STAFF 



Within the year the Museum carried on a number of field 

 investigations, as fully set forth in the reports of the curators. 



MEETING OF THE PACIFIC DIVISION OF THE AMERICAN 



ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE 



AND ITS AFFILIATED SOCIETIES 



The 1920 meeting of the Pacific Division was held at Se- 

 attle, June 17 to 19. All the sessions of the Association and 

 of its affiliated societies were held in various halls of the 

 University of Washington. The Academy membership was 

 well represented, at least 25 of its members being present. 

 The Director of the Museum was in attendance as vice-presi- 

 dent and chairman of the executive committee of the Pacific 

 Division, and Secretary W. W. Sargeant as secretary of the 

 Pacific Division. The Academy was represented on the pro- 

 grams by the following members: ^ 



Mr. W. F. Thompson Dr. E. L. Packard 



Dr. Barton Warren Evermann Dr. Chester Stock 



Prof. John N. Cobb Dr. Wm. E. Ritter 



Mr. W. E. Allen Prof. Tracy I. Storer 



Air. Willis H. Rich Dr. E. P. Meinecke 



Dr. John C. Merriam Dr. W. F. Durand 



Dr. E. P. Lewis Dr. J. R. Slonaker 



Dr. J. W. Moore Miss Alice Eastwood 



Dr. R. G. Aitken Dr. D. T. MacDougal 

 Dr. Bruce L. Clark 



Several others were in attendance. 



USE OF THE academy's COLLECTIONS AND LIBRARY 

 BY INVESTIGATORS AND STUDENTS 



Students and investigators continue to avail themselves of 

 the facilities offered by the Academy for study and research. 

 The Library, with its more than 50,000 books and pamphlets 



