News Notes 
The following publication of the Natural 
Resources Section, General Headquarters, 
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, 
Tokyo, Japan, has been received. Each report 
includes a list of all of the reports previously 
published, their distribution, and rules for 
obtaining them. 
River Control and Utilization in Japan, by 
Robert Y. Grant. Report No. 149. 161 pp., 
57 figs., 80 tables, 2 maps. 
Heads of government scientific research 
organizations in British Commonwealth coun- 
tries conferred in Australia early in 1952. This 
British Commonwealth Scientific Official 
Conference was the first to be held outside the 
United Kingdom. The last Conference met in 
London in 1946. 
The 1946 Conference reviewed administra- 
tive aspects of scientific research within the 
British Commonwealth and made recommen- 
dations to achieve closer collaboration. As 
a result, British Commonwealth Scientific 
Offices have been established in London and 
Washington, and the exchange of scientific 
information between different parts of the 
British Commonwealth has been greatly facil- 
itated. 
"Specialist conferences," arising out of 
this Conference have been held on such sub- 
jects as geology and mineral resources, type 
cultures of bacteria and fungi, radio research, 
fuel research, and animal and plant nutrition. 
Representatives in the fields of scientific, 
industrial, agricultural, and medical research 
attended the Conference in Australia. Prob- 
lems discussed were of an administrative 
rather than a technical character, and further 
collaboration in scientific work was planned. 
Delegates from the United Kingdom (in- 
cluding the Colonies), Canada, South Africa, 
New Zealand, Southern Rhodesia, Pakistan, 
and Ceylon, as well as a number of Aus- 
tralian delegates, attended. An observer from 
the United States was also, present. 
The Conference opened in Canberra on 
Lebruary 18 and closed in Melbourne on 
March 7, 1952. The formal session was 
broken by visits to enable delegates to study 
Australian developmental problems. — N.S.N. 
Information has been received from the 
Pacific Science Council Secretariat that the 
date for the Eighth Pacific Science Congress 
has been set for November 16 to 28, 1953. 
The Congress will be held in the University 
of the Philippines buildings at Quezon City. 
Correspondence on all matters concerning 
the Eighth Congress is to be addressed to the 
Secretary- General, Dr. Patrocinio Valenzuela, 
National Research Council of the Philippines, 
University of the Philippines, Quezon City. 
The Pacific Science Council vacancy created 
by the death of Sir Peter Buck, December 1, 
1951, has been filled by Bernice P. Bishop 
Museum, Representative Institution for Ha- 
waii, with the appointment of Dr. Cyril E. 
Pemberton, entomologist with the Experi- 
ment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ 
Association, Honolulu. Dr. Pemberton has 
been closely associated with the Pacific 
Science Association, having been chairman 
of the Standing Committee on Economic 
Entomology between the Sixth and Seventh 
Pacific Science Congresses. He is presently a 
member of the Standing Committee on Crop 
Improvement in the Pacific Area. 
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