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Membership: Members, 888, scientists, teach- 

 ers, businessmen and others interested in science. 

 Total membership 888. 



Meetings: Two or three annually. 



Professional activities: American Association 

 for the Advancement of Science- Hawaiian 

 Academy of Science Research Grant for support 

 of research by payment of non-salary expenses ; 

 Inter-Society Science Education Council (spon- 

 sors the Science Fair, Science Library Resources, 

 Teachers' Science Seminars, Students' Science 

 Seminars, Science Clubs, and teaching aids). 



Publications: Proceedings, annual, current 

 volume : 34, free to members. 



720. Hawaiian Botanical Gardens Foundation, 



Inc. President: W. W. G. Moir, Experiment 

 Station, 1527 Keeaumoku Street, Honolulu 

 14, Hawaii. Term expires January 1961. Sec- 

 retary: Constance E. Hartt, Experiment Sta- 

 tion, 1527 Keeaumoku Street, Honolulu 14, 

 Hawaii. Term expires January 1961. 



History: Incorporated in Hawaii, June 29, 

 1959. 



Purpose: To aid in the development of botani- 

 cal gardens in Hawaii ; to encourage research 

 on botanical problems ; to instigate the establish- 

 ment of a National Tropical Botanic Garden in 

 Hawaii. 



Membership: Professional botanists and en- 

 tomologists, as well as non-professional indi- 

 viduals. Total membership approximately 150. 



Meetings: Monthly meetings of Board of 

 Trustees. 



721. Hawaiian Botanical Society. H.S.P.A. 

 Experiment Station, Keeaumoku Street and 

 Wilder Avenue, Honolulu, Hawaii. President: 

 E. J. Britten, University of Hawaii, Honolulu 

 14, Hawaii. Term expires December 5, 1960. 

 Executive Secretary : Charles H. Lamoureaux, 

 University of Hawaii, Honolulu 14, Hawaii. 

 Term expires December 5, 1960. 



History: Founded May 5, 1924. 



Purpose: To advance the science of botany in 

 all its applications ; to encourage research in 

 botany in all its phases ; to promote the welfare 

 of its members and to develop the spirit of good 

 fellowship and cooperation among them. 



Membership: Regular Members, 153, interest 

 in plant life and residence in the Hawaiian 

 Islands ; Honorary, 8, long service in the Society 

 or achievements in the Islands in botany or 

 related sciences. 



Meetings: Monthly, except July, August and 

 September. 



Professional activities: Prizes for outstanding 

 work in plant science by students at University 



of Hawaii and at the Science Fair. Support 

 for worthy undertakings in plant science, in- 

 cluding costs of publication of research findings. 



722. Hawaiian Entomological Society. 1527 

 Keeaumoku Street, Honolulu 14, Hawaii. 

 President: C. R. Joyce, U. S. Public Health 

 Service, P. O. Box 1410, Honolulu, Hawaii. 

 Term expires December 31, 1960. Secretary: 

 Wallace C. Mitchell, 1673 Paula Drive, 

 Honolulu 16, Hawaii. Term expires Decem- 

 ber 31, 1960. 



History: Organized December 1904. 



Purpose: To promote the study of entomology, 

 and to encourage friendly relations among those 

 interested in the science. 



Membership: Active members, 105; Honorary, 

 5. Total membership 110. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



Publications: Proceedings, annually, current 

 volume : 17. 



723. Hawaiian Malacological Society. 2777 

 Kalakaua Avenue, Honolulu 15, Hawaii. Pres- 

 ident: Clifton S. Weaver. Term expires 

 December 31, 1960. Executive Secretary: 

 Mrs. A. M. Harrison. Term expires Decem- 

 ber 31, 1960. 



History: Organized in October 1941; sus- 

 pended during the war, reactivated October 1946. 



Purpose: To study and develop interest of 

 others in malacology, especially as it relates to 

 the marine mollusks of the Pacific Ocean area 

 in general and the Hawaiian Islands in par- 

 ticular. 



Membership: Members, 440, persons inter- 

 ested in malacology. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



Professional activities: Sponsors an Annual 

 Shell Fair and holds periodic shell auctions. 

 Organized and sponsors the Wray Harris 

 Memorial Library of Molluscan Literature. 



Publications: Hawaiian Shell News, monthly, 

 current volume : 8, $4. Editor : Karl W. Greene. 



724. Hawaiian Sugar Technologists. H.S.P.A. 

 Experiment Station, 1527 Keeaumoku Street, 

 Honolulu, Hawaii. President: Joe T. Orrick, 

 The Lihue Plantation Company, Ltd., Lihue, 

 Kauai, Hawaii. Term expires December 31, 

 1960. Secretary-Treasurer: Fred D. Kennedy. 

 Term expires December 31, 1960. 



History: Organized in November 1902 as the 

 Hawaiian Chemists Association ; on November 

 15, 1922 the Association merged with the 

 Hawaiian Engineering Association and the 

 name changed to the Association of Hawaiian 



