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and 1929-1933.^ For the seven years covered by the reports they give a comprehensive 

 account of oceanographic activities in the Pacific. It was hoped that the work of that 

 Committee as a stimulating and coordinating agency for oceanographic research in the 

 Pacific would continue, but the future of the Pacific Science Association is doubtful. 

 The functioning of that Committee as an independent organization deserves consideration. 

 In the catalogue of institutions engaged in oceanographic research the provisions for 

 the publication of scientific results are given at the end of the account of each institution 

 whenever the desired information could be procured. By utilizing these suggestions, it 

 is possible to obtain references to most of the current literature on oceanograohic subjects. 



^ Vaughan,T. Wayland, International Committee on the Oceanography of the Pacific — Report of the Chairman: Fifth 

 Pacific Sci. Cong., Victoria and Vancouver, 1933, Proc. vol. 1. pp. 245-384, 1934. 



