News Notes 
The following publications of the Natural 
Resources Section, General Headquarters, 
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, 
Tokyo, Japan, have been received. Each 
report includes a list of all the reports pre- 
viously published, their distribution, and rules 
for obtaining them. 
Newsprint in Japan. [By Harold R. Mur- 
dock.] Report No. 124. 31 pp., 9 figs., 12 
tables. 
Japanese Whaling Industry Prior to 1946. 
[By William M. Terry.] Report No. 126. 
47 pp., 18 figs., 19 tables. 
Japanese Land Reform Program. [By 
Laurence I. Hewes, Jr.] Report No. 127. 118 
pp., 7 figs., 12 tables. 
Gold and Silver in Japan. [By Robert Y. 
Grant.] Report No. 128. 112 pp., 13 figs., 1 
pi., 6l tables. 
Japanese Fur Sealing. [By Oliver L. Aus- 
tin, Jr., and Ford Wilke.] Report No. 129. 
91 pp., 15 figs., 4 appendices. 
Fire Clay Resources of Japan. [By Donald 
E. Lee.] Report No. 130. 61 pp., 20 figs., 
19 tables. 
Glossary of Japanese Forestry Terms. [By 
T. Sasaki and K. Watanabe.] Report No. 
131. 132 pp. 
Coal Fields of Western Honshu , Japan. 
[By Robert D. MacAfee.] Report No. 132. 
50 pp., 25 figs., 2 maps, 11 tables. 
Coal Fields of Hokkaido, Japan. [By John 
B. Lewis.] Report No. 133. 54 pp., 25 figs., 
32 tables. 
Oyster Culture in Japan. [By A. R. Cahn.] 
Report No. 134. 80 pp., 40 figs., 17 tables. 
In accordance with a recommendation of 
the Seventh Pacific Science Congress, a Con- 
servation Council for Hawaii was organized 
at meetings held in Honolulu on July 18 and 
August 9, 1950. Members of the Council 
include representatives of approximately 25 
Federal, Territorial, City-County, and private 
agencies and organizations. L. D. Baver, Di- 
rector of the Experiment Station, Hawaiian 
Sugar Planters’ Association, was elected pre- 
sident; H. A. Wadsworth, Dean of the Col- 
lege of Agriculture, University of Hawaii, 
vice-president; and Paul Porter, President of 
the Hawaii Audubon Society, secretary. The 
Council will operate at present through six 
subject committees and chairmen as follows: 
Land, H. A. Wadsworth; Water, C. K. Went- 
worth; Plants, Colin G. Lennox; Animals, 
Vernon E. Brock; the Sea, Col. Rollie N. 
Blancett; and Sites ( monuments, relics, etc. ) , 
Alice Spaulding Bowen. 
The Australian Journal of Marine and 
Freshwater Research has been established by 
the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and 
Industrial Research Organization, 314 Albert 
Street, East Melbourne, for the publication 
of results of original investigations on sea, 
estuarine, and freshwater fisheries and re- 
lated subjects. The first number has already 
appeared, and, if sufficient material is offered, 
the Journal will be published biannually. 
(From the Information Bulletin of the Sec- 
retariat of the Pacific Science Association.) 
The Prevention of Deterioration Abstracts, 
published by the National Research Council 
(Prevention of Deterioration Center, Room 
204), 2101 Constitution Avenue, Washing- 
ton 25, D. C., are offered for subscription 
on a yearly basis. Abstracts are classified 
under the headings: biological agents; elec- 
trical and electronic equipment; fungicides 
and other toxic compounds; lacquers, paints, 
and varnishes; leather; lubricants; metals; 
miscellaneous; optical instruments and pho- 
tographic equipment; packaging and storage; 
plastics, resins, rubbers, and waxes; textiles 
and cordage; and wood and paper. One 
volume of approximately 2000 loose-leaf 
pages is published each year in monthly is- 
sues. Subject and author indexes are com- 
piled annually to cover abstracts issued from 
July through June. The yearly rate of $50.00 
includes two sturdy binders and index tabs. 
An Advance List, a monthly bibliography 
of all reports received in this field, is avail- 
able for $10.00 a year. 
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