28 FINAL ACT OF SECOND PAN AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS. 



ARTICLE 5. 



The Second Pan American Scientific Congress recommends that 



Proper steps and measures be taken to bring about in the American 

 Republics a general use of the metric system of weights and 

 measures, in the press, magazines, newspapers, and periodicals, 

 in educational and scientific work, in the industries, in com- 

 merce, in transportation, and in all the activities of the differ- 

 ent Governments. 



ARTICLE 6. 



The Second Pan American Scientific Congress 



Confirms the resolution recommended to the American Republics by 

 the First Pan American Scientific Congress regarding the 

 installation of meteorological organizations to serve as a basis 

 for the establishment of a Pan American meteorological serv- 

 ice, and expresses the desire that the Republics not yet pos- 

 sessing organized meteorological services establish such as 

 soon as may be practicable. 



ARTICLE 7. 



The Second Pan American Scientific Congress recommends that 



There be appointed an international Pan American committee to 

 study and report upon the question of establishing such a 

 uniform railway gauge as will best serve the countries' inter- 

 est, their international communication, and the communica- 

 tion between all the countries of America. 



ARTICLE 8. 



The Second Pan American Scientific Congress recommends 



The appointment of an American committee on radio communica- 

 tion to assist in the development of the science and art of 

 radio communication, to the end that it may serve to convey 

 intelligence over long distances and between ships at sea more 

 quickly and accurately, and to bring into closer contact all 

 of the American Republics. 



ARTICLE 9. 



The Second Pan American Scientific Congress recommends that 



A cooperative study of forest conditions and of forest utilization be 

 undertaken by governmental agencies of the American Repub- 

 lics and that data thereon be published. 



