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  DECEMBER 
  12th. 
  1907. 
  

  

  A 
  special 
  meeting 
  was 
  held 
  in 
  tlie 
  Library 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  

   Agriculture, 
  Mr. 
  O, 
  H. 
  Swezey 
  in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  W. 
  A. 
  Bryan 
  delivered 
  an 
  address, 
  in 
  which 
  he 
  outlined 
  

   the 
  organization 
  of 
  the 
  "Pacific 
  Scientific 
  Institution," 
  which 
  

   has 
  been 
  incorporated 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  making 
  a 
  scientific 
  

   Ethnological 
  and 
  Biological 
  exploration 
  of 
  the 
  Islands 
  of 
  the 
  

   Pacific 
  Ocean. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  resolutions 
  were 
  carried 
  by 
  the 
  Society: 
  

  

  Mr. 
  W. 
  A. 
  Bryan 
  having 
  presented 
  a 
  paper 
  outlining 
  the 
  

   aims, 
  scope, 
  organization 
  and 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Scientific 
  In- 
  

   stitution 
  to 
  members 
  and 
  guests 
  of 
  this 
  Society 
  at 
  a 
  Special 
  

   Meeting 
  held 
  December 
  12th, 
  1907; 
  and 
  in 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  importance 
  

   to 
  the 
  Society 
  of 
  the 
  subject 
  he 
  discussed 
  and 
  the 
  comprehensive 
  

   interesting 
  manner 
  in 
  which 
  he 
  presented 
  it, 
  be 
  it 
  

  

  RESOLVED, 
  that 
  we, 
  the 
  Hawaiian 
  Entomological 
  Society 
  

   and 
  other 
  scientists 
  of 
  Honolulu 
  hereby 
  express 
  our 
  appreciation 
  

   of 
  the 
  courtesy 
  thus 
  shown 
  us. 
  Be 
  it 
  also 
  

  

  RESOLVED, 
  that 
  realizing 
  the 
  great 
  importance 
  of 
  this 
  Insti- 
  

   tution 
  we 
  take 
  the 
  opportunity 
  now 
  to 
  endorse 
  heartily 
  this 
  Insti- 
  

   tution 
  which 
  Mr. 
  Bryan 
  has 
  so 
  ably 
  planned 
  and 
  to 
  extend 
  our 
  

   congradulations 
  to 
  him 
  for 
  the 
  success 
  already 
  achieved 
  and 
  our 
  

   most 
  earnest 
  wishes 
  for 
  the 
  further 
  success 
  of 
  the 
  Institution. 
  

   Be 
  it 
  further 
  

  

  RESOLVED, 
  that 
  these 
  resolutions 
  be 
  spread 
  on 
  the 
  minutes 
  

   of 
  the 
  Society 
  as 
  a 
  permanent 
  record 
  of 
  such 
  recognition, 
  and 
  

   that 
  a 
  true 
  copy 
  of 
  them 
  be 
  presented 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Bryan. 
  

  

  