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Walter Hudson, Mr. Eobert F. Engle and Mr. 

 Louis J. Eichards, confined their statements 

 to the status of the practical work in the 

 counties which they represented. 



The iirst member of the third group, Dr. 

 Jacob G. Lipman, pointed out the tremendous 

 agricultural and urban development which 

 awaits the satisfactory control of the mosquito 

 pest. The second, Dr. Thomas J. Headlee, 

 pointed out the various problems of the 'Sew 

 Jersey mosquito's natural history and control 

 that have been recently solved and some of 

 those which still await solution. 



The members of the fourth group, Mr. 

 Thomas Mathias, Mr. E. Morgan Barradale 

 and Mr. John IST. Cady, devoted their attention 

 to the results of the work (which they said 

 were good) and the esteem (which they said 

 was high) in which it is held by those who 

 pay the bills. 



Dr. Haven Emerson, commissioner of health 

 for ISTew York City, and member of the fifth 

 group, outlined the work of this committee as 

 one of correlating the mosquito control work 

 of Connecticut, ISTew Jersey and !N"ew York. 



Dr. L. O. Howard discouraged the use of 

 bats as a means of mosquito control in Sew 

 Jersey on the ground that natural conditions 

 did not favor the attempt. He set forth the 

 work of King, connecting Anopheles puncti- 

 pennis Say with the carriage of malaria and 

 gave a brief account of the bureau's work 

 against the malarial mosquito in the lower 

 Mississippi valley. 



The following officers were elected for the 

 ensuing year: President — Wm. Edgar Dar- 

 nall, M.D., Atlantic City; First Vice-presi- 

 dent— H. H. Brinkerhoff, M.D., Jersey City; 

 Second Vice-president — Eobert F. Engle, 

 Beach Haven; Secretary-Treasurer — Thomas 

 J. Headlee, Ph.D., New Brunswick. 



The proceedings will be published. 



REPORT OF THE PACIFIC COAST SUB- 

 COMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE 

 OF ONE HUNDRED ON 

 RESEARCH 



The Pacific Coast Subcommittee, appointed 

 in the spring of 1915 by the Committee of 



One Hundred on Eesearch, has held three 

 meetings. The policy which the subcommittee 

 hopes to follow is expressed in a statement 

 adopted at the first meeting: 



1. The relation of advances in pure and 

 applied knowledge to intellectual and eco- 

 nomic progress and to good government should 

 be made clear to individuals and to commu- 

 nities at every opportunity. 



2. The publication of timely and accurate 

 popular articles making known to the people 

 the results of research should be encouraged. 



3. The committee should be informed con- 

 cerning researches now in progress in the 

 Pacific region. This information need not be 

 carried to extreme detail. 



4. The committee should lend assistance to 

 investigators who are handicapped in any way. 

 In special cases it may be possible to assist 

 with grants of money from the American 

 Association, or from other sources. 



At the last meeting of the committee the 

 following resolutions were adopted : 



I. RELATING TO THE PAYMENT OP THE TRAVELING 



EXPENSES INCURRED BY INVESTIGATORS IN 



ATTENDING SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS 



(a) Attendance upon meetings of scientific 

 societies constitutes a necessary element in 

 the life of investigators. 



(&) The comparative isolation of the Pacific 

 region from other centers of educational activ- 

 ity is a deterrent influence upon many workers 

 in this region. 



(c) The financial burden laid upon the in- 

 vestigator who would occasionally attend meet- 

 ings in the eastern part of the United States 

 is often too great to be borne out of his 

 income. 



{d) Experience has shown the wisdom of 

 the practise of certain institutions (in this 

 country, and especially in Europe) in con- 

 tributing all or a part of the expenses incurred 

 by their officers in attending scientific meet- 

 ings. 



This committee therefore urges upon the 

 governing bodies of the universities and col- 

 leges of the Pacific region the adoption of 

 some plan whereby, in approved cases, modest 



