News Notes 
Dr. Hans Pettersson, Director of the Oce- 
anographic Institute, Goteborg, Sweden, and 
leader, on the “Albatross,” of the Swedish 
Deep-Sea Expedition of 1947—48, returned 
to Honolulu early in December, 1949, to 
give a series of lectures under the auspices of 
the University of Hawaii, the Hawaiian Acad- 
emy of Science, the Hawaii Chapter of the 
Society of the Sigma Xi, the Mclnerny Foun- 
dation, and the Elawaiian Botanical Society. 
Information has reached us through the 
Interim Secretariat of the Pacific Science 
Council that the University of British Colum 
bia, in cooperation with the Defense Research 
Board and the Fisheries Research Board, is 
establishing an institute of oceanography. 
The committee in charge of organizing the 
institute consists of: Dr. W. A. Clemens, Dr. 
F. H. Sanders, Dr. J. G. Hooley, Dean H. F 
Angus, Dr. G. M. Shrum, and President Mac- 
Kenzie ( ex officio ) . The institute will under- 
take graduate teaching and research in phys- 
ical, chemical, and biological oceanography 
The teaching staff will include Mr. W. M. 
Cameron, Dr. G. L. Pickard, and Dr. J. P. 
Tully. 
We are further informed by the Interim 
Secretariat that two modern seismographs 
have been installed in the South Pacific 
Area-— one in Western Samoa, one on South 
Island, New Zealand. Two others are ready 
for installation on North Island, New 
Zealand. 
The following publications of the Natural 
Resources Section and of the Economic and 
Scientific Section, General Headquarters, Su- 
preme Commander for the Allied Powers, 
have been received. Each report includes a 
list of all the reports previously published, 
their distribution, and rules for obtaining 
them. 
Natural Resources Section: 
Systematic List of Economic Plants in ja- 
pan. {By H. Takeda.] Report No. 121. 83 pp. 
Pearl Culture in Japan. [By A. R. Cahn.] 
Report No. 122. 91 pp., 22 figs., 7 tables. 
High-Yield Pulping Processes in Japan. 
[By Harold R. Murdock.] Report No. 123. 
39 pp., 16 figs., 8 tables. 
Economic and Scientific Section: 
Natural Science Research in Leading Jap- 
anese Universities, Part I. Report No. 16. 
26 pp., 6 tables. 
Abstracting Program: Japanese Scientific 
Journals Covering the Period December 
1941-1948. ( Progress Report. ) Report No. 
19. 13 pp. 
Scientific and T cchnological Societies of 
Japan, Part 11 . Report No. 20. 185 pp. 
A new map of the island of Saipan and an 
accompanying Preliminary Gazetteer of Geo- 
graphic Names for Saipan have been pre- 
pared by the Geological Surveys Branch, In- 
telligence Division, Office of the Engineer, 
General Headquarters, Far East Command. 
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