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"The general purpose of the Congress was to promote cooperative study of 

 the scientific problems of the Pacific region by the countries bordering on or 

 occupying islands in it. The general procedure followed in the discussions 

 was thus outlined by Professor Gregory: 



"1. What has been accomplished in the scientific study of the Pacific? 



"2. What is there to be done, and what is of most importance? 



" 3 What are the best means of completing our scientific studj' of the Pacific? 



"All the meetings were well attended, the public of Honolulu being well 

 represented at the general meetings; the discussions were animated and 

 earnest, and in general the whole atmosphere of the Congress was one of serious 

 endeavor to accomplish the objects of the meeting and a full recognition of 

 their importance. It may be added that the attitude of the people of the 

 Hawaiian Islands, official and private, was one of great interest in the Congress 

 and of the utmost cordiality and hospitality. 



"The Congress closed with the adoption (in general meeting) of a series of 

 recommendations and resolutions which embodied the results of the various 

 sectional discussions as to the most important problems and the best means of 

 procedure in accomplishing the general object of cooperative study of the 

 Pacific by the countries interested. These resolutions and recommenda- 

 tions are too numerous and lengthy for presentation in detail here. I may, 

 howe\er, give a very brief resume of their general tenor and of some of the 

 more important of them. 



"The meetings of the first Pan-Pacific Congress having demonstrated the 

 value of such conferences, it is strongly recommended that a permanent 

 organization be formed, and that the conferences be continued in the future 

 at regular intervals. It is recommended that such an organization be 

 affiliated with the International Research Council and the various National 

 Research Councils of the nations of the Pacific. It was the general sense of 

 the delegates, though not embodied in the resolutions passed, that Honolulu 

 is the most appropriate place for a central clearing-house or for the locaUzation 

 of general activities, being the most centrally situated large city, easy of access 

 from all Pacific ports, and with the facihties of the Bishop Museum. The 

 attention of governments is called to the advisability of providing vessels for 

 suitably planned expeditions, and the promotion of general education in Pacific 

 matters is urged, with the estabhshment of suitable fellowships. 



"In anthropology, the urgent need of the immediate prosecution of 

 Polynesian research along various lines is pointed out and the Dominick 

 expedition is commended. 



"In biology, a systematic marine biological survey is recommended, and 

 the importance of an immediate and intensive study of Polynesian land fauna 

 and flora is urged. 



"In geography, tlie inadequacy of existing maps and charts is pointed out, 

 and the making of proper surveys, especially of shorelines, coastal waters, and 

 ocean-floor topography, is recommended, as well as oceanographical studies. 

 The importance of the study of Pacific meteorology is emphasized and the 

 establishment of meteorological stations on Macquarie Island and on Mauna 

 Loa is recommended. 



"In geology, special stress is laid on the importance of the making of proper 

 geological maps of the Pacific region and the general study of Pacific geology, 

 it being specially recommended that geological surveys be made of Easter 

 Island, the Hawaiian Islands, and the Fiji Islands; that the configuration of the 

 floor of the Pacific, the stratigraphic correlation of post-Cretaceous formations 

 of the Pacific, and the study of sedimentary processes and rocks be undertaken. 



"In seismology and volcanology the importance of volcano stations is 



