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lowships for linguistic researcli, such endow- 

 ments being provided that these fellowships 

 will attract the best men availaJble and provide 

 for uninterrupted work during an adequate 

 ■ numiber of years. 



3. The Bayard Dominich Expedition 

 It is evident that fuller knowledge of the his- 

 tory and culture of the Polynesian race is 

 essential to the solution of the ethnologic prob- 

 lems of the Pacific; and also that the oppor- 

 tunities for obtaining information are rapidly 

 disappearing. It is therefore gratifying to 

 learn that Mr. Bayard Dominick has conceived 

 a plan for ethnological studies in the Pacific 

 on a scale not hitherto attempted and has 

 provided funds for the initiation of this re- 

 search under the guidance of Yale University 

 and the Bishop Museum. 



Resolved that the commendation of the con- 

 ference be extended to Mr. Dominick for his 

 farnsighted interest and generosity and that 

 assurance of good will and cooperation be 

 given him. 



Ships for Bayard Dominich Expedition 

 The Bayard Dominick expedition of the 

 Bishop Museum is now in the field and the 

 successful continuation of its work depends 

 upon obtaining a ship suitable for the naviga- 

 tion of waters outside of established trade 

 routes. 



The conference invites attention of the 

 United States government to the benefits likely 

 to result from providing this expedition with 

 a suitable vessel. 



III. Biological Science 

 1 Marine Biological Survey 

 The necessity for conservation of natural 

 resources has become imperative, since, in the 

 case of the Pacific Ocean, certain economic 

 marine species have been exterminated and 

 others are in peril of extinction or grave 

 depletion. Measures for such conservation 

 must be based on an exact knowledge of the 

 life histories of marine organisms. Knowl- 

 edge of the biological, physical and chemical 



phenomena of the Pacific Ocean is meager 

 and wholly inadequate to serve as the basis 

 for rational conservation measures; there- 

 fore be it 



Resolved: (1) That the First Pan-Pacific 

 Scientific Conference recommends that the 

 governments of the several nations bordering 

 on the Pacific Ocean cooperate, through their 

 several agencies concerned in surveying and 

 charting the sea, toward the collection, com- 

 pilation and publication of data relating to 

 the topography of the bottom, and the tem- 

 peratures, salinities, acidities, currents and 

 other physical and chemical properties of the 

 waters of this ocean, fundamental to biolog- 

 ical research and the improvement and con- 

 servation of the fisheries. 



(2) That the Conference recommends that 

 a comprehensive systematic biological survey 

 of the Pacific ocean and its contained islands 

 be prepared, with special reference to the 

 economic fisheries problems and that the in- 

 vestigation be carried on in so far as possible 

 thi'ough existing agencies, such agencies to 

 be provided with the additional apparatus 

 and facilities necessary, the investigation to 

 be carried on under such cooperation as will 

 prevent duplication of effort. 



(3) That the Conference recommends that 

 the several museums biological stations and 

 other institutions engaged in biological in- 

 vestigations relating to the Pacific ocean, 

 associate themselves for the purpose of ex- 

 changing information concerning past, cur- 

 rent and proposed investigations, the exchange 

 of facilities and personnel, the coordination 

 of work and prevention of duplication in 

 their respective activities. It is further 

 recommended that a survey be made of the 

 facilities afforded by the several institutions, 

 said survey to cover material, equipment, 

 environment and the personal qualifications 

 of the respective staffs for supplying special 

 information and working up material. It is 

 further recormnended that the National Re- 

 search Council of Washington, D. C, be 

 invited to undertake or arrange for such 

 survey and that a committee of this Confer- 

 ence be appointed to represent the interests 



