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Bison." On tbe following day, there was 

 a general excursion to the Blue Mountain 

 Forest Park, established by the late Mr. 

 Austin Corbin to preserve the buffalo, 

 moose, elk and other large animals of the 

 American wilderness now threatened with 

 extinction. Before, during and after the 

 meeting there were excursions of much in- 

 terest, arranged by the sections of geology 

 and geography. An account of these will 

 be published later. 



The committee on policy of the associa- 

 tion held a meeting with Messrs. "Wood- 

 ward, Chamberlin, Britton, CatteU, Nichols 

 and Howard in attendance. In view of 

 the facts that only two sections met at 

 Hanover and that the attendance was 

 small, it was decided that all business for 

 the council should be postponed to the 

 Baltimore meeting. It was announced, 

 however, that Professor John Dewey, of 

 Columbia University, had been elected 

 chairman of the Section of Education ; that 

 the American Medical Association, the 

 American Society of Mechanical Engineers 

 and the American Institute of Electrical 

 Engineers will hereafter be represented on 

 the council of the association; that the 

 membership of the association now exceeds 

 6,000, and that progress had been made in 

 the arrangements for a meeting in Hawaii 

 in the summer of 1910. As the permanent 

 secretary wishes to know who is likely to 

 attend this meeting, the letter from the 

 Hawaiian committee is printed here. 



Hawaii Committee 



1910 Convention 



American Association 



For the Advancement of Science. 



GovEENOR W. F. Freae, Chairman. 



A. F. Griffiths, Vice-Ghairman. 



A. F. JuDD, Secretary. 



HoNOLULtr, T. H., 



June 12, 08. 

 De. L. O. Howard, Secretary, 

 American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science. 

 Hanover, N. H. 



Dear Sir: At a meeting called by Acting Gov- 

 ernor E. A. Mott-Smith at the Governor's ofBce 

 to consider your letter in reference to the invita- 

 tion of the American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science to hold its convention, 

 summer meeting, in 1910 in Hawaii, the invita- 

 tion was cordially endorsed. The expressions of 

 opinion left no doubt tliat the Association would 

 receive a hearty welcome in Hawaii. 



The following resolutions were adopted: 

 Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting 

 that a reply to the letter of Dr. Ii. O. Howard, 

 Permanent Secretary of the American Association 

 for the Advancement of Science, dated May 12, 

 1908, stating that an invitation had been received 

 for the Association to hold a meeting in Hawaii 

 in the summer of 1910, which invitation had been 

 tentatively accepted, " provided suitable arrange- 

 ments can be made," and wherein he asks certain 

 questions, be replied to, as follows: 



First. That the invitation to the Association 

 to come to Hawaii is one which the people of the 

 Islands generally and heartily approve. 



Second. That the Association will be more 

 than welcome. 



Third. That the committees on reception and 

 arrangements can and will be formed, consisting 

 of the leading people of the Territory; that it is 

 our belief that special expressions to this effect 

 will be formally adopted at an early date by all 

 the leading scientific, educational, commercial, 

 political and social organizations in Hawaii. 



Fourth. That entertainment at Honolulu will 

 be furnished free to a large proportion of the 

 members of the Association, and at greatly re- 

 duced rates to the remainder of them. 



Fifth. That the question of transportation 

 offers the greatest problem in connection -with the 

 invitation. As to this point, it is the belief of 

 this meeting that the problem can be solved satis- 

 factorily. 



An organization was at once effected which will 

 do everything possible to bring the Association 

 to Hawaii and to provide for the entertainment 

 of members who come. The list of the members 

 of this representative organization follows: 

 W. F. Frear, Governor of Hawaii, Chairman. 

 A. F. Griffiths, President of the Trustees of the 

 Oahu College, V ice-Chairman. 

 A. F. Judd, lawyer, Secretary. 



E. A. Mott-Smith, Secretary of Hawaii. 

 Jared G. Smith, Director Hawaii Experiment 



Station. 



F. L. Waldron, commission merchant, Chair- 

 man Hawaii Promotion Committee. 



C. S. Holloway, Engineer, President and Exeou- 



