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selected are Marquesas Islands, Austral Is- 

 lands, Tongan Islands, Hawaiian Islands. 



B. 1921-22: A boat with a crew and staff 

 of scientists to make careful observations, in 

 selected localities along the route Honolulu, 

 "Wake, Marshall, Eastern Carolinas, Gilbert, 

 Ellice Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Friendly, Cook, 

 and Society Islands, returning to Honolulu 

 via Tongareva, Maiden, Christmas and Fan- 

 ning Islands. In connection with the pre- 

 vious year's work this cruise should aid in 

 determining through what place or places in 

 the "Polynesian Sieve" the ancient migra- 

 tions came. 



THE PAN-PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS 



As the result of informal conferences and 

 much correspondence, a scientific congress has 

 been organized to meet at Honolulu, August 

 2 to 20, 1920. 



• The purpose of the congress is to outline 

 scientific problems of the Pacific Ocean region 

 and to suggest methods for their solution; to 

 make a critical inventory of existing knowl- 

 edge, and to devise plans for future studies. 

 It is anticipated that this congress will formu- 

 late for publication a program of research 

 which will serve as a guide for cooperative work 

 for individuals, institutions and governmental 

 agencies. 



Representative scientists from the countries 

 whose interests in whole or in part center in 

 the Pacific -will be present, and a number of 

 men whose resear(^hes demand a knowledge of 

 the natural history of the Pacific islands and 

 shore lands have expressed their intention to 

 attend. 



The program of the conference is in the 

 hands of the Committee on Pacific Explora- 

 tion of the National Research Council, which 

 consists of the following members: 



John 0. Merriam, University of California, 

 chairman; Wm. Bowie, U. S. Coast and Geo- 

 detic Survey; R. A. Daly, Harvard University; 

 Wiilliam M. Davis, Harvard University; Bar- 

 ton W. Evermann, California Academy of Sci- 

 ence; Herbert E. Gregory, Tale University; E. 

 B. Mathews, N'ational Research Council; 

 George F. McEwen, Scripps Institute; Alfred 



G. Mayor, Carnegie Institution; William E. 

 Ritter, Scripps Institute. 



The meetings will be arranged to place em- 

 phasis on the following topics : 



1. Research desirable to inaugurate; projects 

 described in considerable detail with reference 

 to their significance, and their bearing on other 

 fields of study. Investigations designed to lay 

 the foundation for a higiier utilization of the 

 economic resources of the Pacific may be in- 

 cluded. 



3. Methods of cooperation with a view to 

 eliminating unnecessary duplication of money 

 and energy. 



4. The best use of the funds now available 

 and the source of further endowments. 



In addition to those maintained by the Fed- 

 eral and Territorial governments, the active 

 scientific organizations of Hawaii include the 

 Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian 

 Ethnology and Natural History, the College of 

 Hawaii, the Sugar Planters' Experiment Sta- 

 tion, The Marine Aquarium and the Volcano 

 Observatory. 



Between Honolulu and San Francisco regu- 

 lar sailings are maintained by four steamship 

 companies, and established routes bring Hawaii 

 into Connection with Canada, Kew Zealand, 

 Australia, the Philippines, China and Japan. 

 In order to procure desiralble accommodations, 

 reservations for both outward and return pas- 

 sage should be made at an early date. 



Further information if desired may be ob- 

 tained from members of the Committee on 

 Pacific Exploration or from the undersigned. 

 Herbert E. Gregory, 



Chairman, Pan-Pacific Scientific Congress 



Bernice Pauahi Bishop Musem, 

 Honolulu, Hawaii, 

 March 20, 1920 



APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE NEW YORK STATE 

 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE 



The Governor of New York State has 

 signed the annual appropriation bill, provid- 

 ing for the maintenance and future develop- 

 ment of the State College of Agriculture at 

 Cornell University. The college thus becomes 

 assured of a total appropriation of $1,787,- 

 SS8.S0, of which $517,000 is for the erection of 



