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(c) Three members appointed by tlie Com- 

 mittee on Oceanography. 



(d) One member appointed by the Ministry 

 of Agriculture. 



(e) The director of the station. 



This council is to have charge of the financ- 

 ing and the administration of the station. 



6. Each regular contributor will be allowed 

 to take part in the administration of the sta- 

 tion and, according to the rules of the statute, 

 will be given tables in proportion to the con- 

 tribution. 



7. The director legally represents the sta- 

 tion and is responsible to the council of ad- 

 ministration. 



8. The station is composed of sections of 

 zoology, physiology, and physiological chemis- 

 try. The council of administration has the 

 power to organize other sections within cer- 

 tain specifications. 



9. The scientific staff is composed of the di- 

 rectors of the various sections of the station, 

 the assistants, and librarian. 



I 10. The directors of the different sections 

 are chosen through competing examinations 

 following the general rules governing the uni- 

 versity competing examinations and special 

 regulations to be fixed in the statute. From 

 these the council of administration selects one 

 as director of the station. The director of the 

 station serves for three years and may be re- 

 appointed. These will constitute the scientific 

 council. The scientific council provides for 

 the regulation of the station and collaborates 

 in the preparation of the budget pertaining to 

 the financial needs of single sections. 



11. The assistants and librarian will be ap- 

 pointed by the council of administration ac- 

 cording to the rules to be fixed by the statute. 

 The council of administration also has charge 

 of the appointment of all other of the station 

 personnel. 



I 12. The personnel according to 10 consti- 

 tuting the scientific staff must devote their 

 entire time to the work of the station. The 

 same laws governing civil employees will 

 apply to them. 



As the writer understands it, these proposed 

 changes will not prohibit private subscriptions 



for tables by either Italian or foreign institu- 

 tions, and such tables may be taken as in pre- 

 war times. 



Edwin B Powers 

 Department of Zoology, 

 TJniveksitt op Nebraska 



RESOLUTIONS OF THE PAN-PACIFIC 

 SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE 



II. Anthropology 

 1. Need for Polynesian Research 

 Recognizing the necessity for the immedi- 

 ate prosecution of anthropological research in 

 Polynesia, this conference calls the attention 

 of governments, patrons of research and re- 

 search foundations to this important scientific 

 need. We 



Recommend that the most prompt and effi- 

 cient steps be taken to record the data neces- 

 sary to the understanding of man's develop- 

 ment in the Pacific area. 



2. Facilities for Instruction and Research in 

 Anthropology 



Since there is urgent need both for anthro- 

 pological research and the training of men and 

 women therefore, and since experience has 

 shown the advantage of close association be- 

 tween the graduate departments of universi- 

 ties and persons and institutions carrying on 

 anthropological investigations, this conference 



Recommends the creation of centers for the 

 study of anthropology and original research 

 therein, such centers to be developed by the 

 expansion of university departments or the 

 alliance of universities with other research 

 institutions with the result that these schools 

 of anthropology shall combine all the essen- 

 tial features of a museum, a research staff 

 and a graduate school. And, further, because 

 of the peculiar conditions under which anthro- 

 pological data must be gathered necessitating 

 both intensive field work in circumscribed 

 areas extending over several years, and inten- 

 sive synthetic work by men who are masters 

 in many fields, thus requiring a number of 

 men through a period of years, we therefore 

 recommend the establishment of research fel- 



