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Pan-Pacific Congress. 



The Pan-Pacific Scientific Congress was held at Honolulu from the 

 4th to the 20th August, 1920. The following statement was read : — 



The Congress was attended by five of our most active members, 

 viz. : — Charles Hedley, E. C. Andrews, and Dr. L. A. Cotton, all 

 of Sydney, and C. A. Sussmilch (of Newcastle), and Professor H. C. 

 Richards, of Brisbane, also Professor Wood-Jones, of Adelaide, the 

 first-named being requested by yourself to officially represent this 

 Association at the Congress. Following is his report, and an interesting 

 report by Mr. E. C. Andrews will be found in The Scientific Australian 

 for September, 1920, p. 13 :— 



23rd October, 1920. 



When leaving for Honolulu to attend the first meeting of the Pan -Pacific 

 Scientific Conference, I was honoured by our President, Professor Sir T. W. E. 

 David, F.R.S., &c., with a commission to represent our Association there. 



Accordingly I presented myself, was registered, and accepted as your delegate. 

 I had the support also of four others of our members — Mr. E. C. Andrews, 

 Professor H. C. Richards, Professor L. A. Cotton, and Mr. C. A. Sussmilch. 

 Together we attended all the meetings of the Conference from the 4th to the 

 20th August, 1920. 



Besides Australia the following countries were represented : — The Hawaiian 

 Islands with 44 delegates, United States 43, Phihppine Islands 5, Japan 4, New 

 Zealand 3, Canada 2, and China 1. Both Fiji and Tahiti had been invited to 

 send representatives, but had not been able to do so. 



Mr. E. C. Andrews was appointed Australian representative of the Conference. 



The work of the Conference was summarized in a series of resolutions, copies 

 of which will be available for circulation shortly. From this it will be seen that 

 the principal concern was the organization of research in the Pacific. It was 

 agreed that the large problems involved required co-ordination of scientific effort, 

 and that a necessary preliminary for successful action was the training of workers 

 for their tasks. 



Because the native races are so quickly vanishing, anthropological work is 

 placed in the forefront of the programme. 



The Conference desired to see a comprehensive, systematic, biological survey 

 of the Pacific Islands instituted. 



It recommended more minute records and prompter publication of volcanic 

 information. Also, it stressed the importance of accurate topographic maps. 



■ A suggestion was made that a future meeting of the Pan-Pacific Conference 

 might advantageously be held in one of the cities of Australia or New Zealand. 

 Further, it was suggested that such a meeting might unite a joint sitting of the 

 Pan-Pacific Conference with the Australasian Association for the Advancement 

 of Science. 



(Signed) Charles Hedley. 



Professor C. H. Richards has given an admirable account of the 

 proceedings under the title '' First Pan-Pacific Scientific Conference " 

 {Science and Industry, October, 1920, p. 61.")). 



On the motion of Mr. Cambage, seconded by Professor Richards, 

 it was resolved to send hearty greetings to the Congress. 



It was resolved to send a cablegram of congratulation to Professor 

 Liversidge, the founder of the Association, now in England. 



