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be greatly promoted by systematic cooperation of scientific men of all 
parts of the world, working at the presumably widely scattered centres 
of either volcanic or earthquake activity which may be of special im- 
portance at any given time. Efforts to establish such cooperative re- 
searches in various earth sciences are now being made. The field to be 
covered is so great that in some places laboratories or observatories are 
likely to be established where work in several directions can be carried on. 
As an instance may be cited the observatory at Apia, in Samoa, founded 
by the Gottingen Academy of Sciences, where data of much value in the 
fields of seismology, meteorology, terrestrial magnetism, atmospheric 
electricity and tidal movements have been obtained. 
While this committee believes that the Weather Bureau should not 
undertake to organize an extensive scheme of investigation in volcanology, 
it is felt that it may well conduct the work of the Kilauea Observatory 
for the present. It may be pointed out in this connection that meteoro- 
logical observations of much value to the Weather Bureau are made under 
the auspices of many private institutions and individuals, as a contribu- 
tion to the work of the Bureau. 
In the course of the development of scientific research it may well be 
that some large organization will be formed, devoted to the prosecution 
of researches in volcanology in the United States or in the Pacific basin, 
which could take over the Kilauea Observatory, to the benefit of science. 
The desirability of such a transfer may be considered if and when a perma- 
nent organization of this kind is formed. 
Under existing conditions it appears evident that hearty cooperation 
between all Governmental Bureaus conducting scientific work in Hawaii 
will be of great mutual benefit. The Committee ventures to refer directly 
to the mutual interest of the Weather Bureau and the National Parks 
Administration in making both Mauna Uoa and Haleakala accessible, by 
constructing trails and shelter or camp accommodations, and in securing 
good topographic maps by the U. S. Geological Survey, of Kilauea and 
the two volcanoes just mentioned. 
A geological survey of the whole Hawaiian group under either national 
or territorial auspices would be of great value to the volcanological work 
of the Weather Bureau. A well-considered coordination of the work of 
the Kilauea Observatory and of a geological survey should, of course, be 
made. 
The Hawaiian Volcanic Research Association includes a number of 
generous, broad-minded men who retain an active interest in volcanological 
studies and it is in a position to take a helpful place in any cooperative 
scheme. Two other organizations in Honolulu, while not primarily in- 
terested in seismological and volcanological research, are devoting their 
resources largely to the promotion of science in the central Pacific region. 
One of these, the Bishop Museum, has expressed a desire, through its 
