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research policy: The Museum offers research 
facilities to visiting scientists to study its collec¬ 
tions. Office space is provided. The Museum 
recently provided desk accommodation for 10 
scientists and 20 typists who worked on the 
reports of the United States Commercial Com¬ 
pany’s economic survey of Micronesia. During 
the proposed Pacific Science Survey, the Mu¬ 
seum is prepared to give office accommoda¬ 
tion to research workers in ethnology and the 
natural sciences, as well as free access to its 
collections. 
California Packing Corporation 
address: California Packing Corporation, P. O. 
Box 149, Honolulu 10, Hawaii. 
purpose: Since the corporation is primarily a 
production organization, research facilities are 
confined to those necessary to growing and 
canning fruits and vegetables. Research in agri¬ 
culture is carried on by Maxwell O. Johnson. 
The corporation is also served by its main office 
in San Francisco and by the Pineapple Research 
Institute. 
facilities: Laboratory facilities in Honolulu are 
limited to those required for simple analysis 
and control of canning operations. 
Hawaii National Park 
address: U. S. Department of the Interior, Na¬ 
tional Park Service, Hawaii National Park, 
Hawaii. Superintendent: Frank R. Oberhansley. 
purpose: The Park Service is primarily an op¬ 
erating organization; research by the field staff 
is encouraged when time permits. 
special subdivisions: Naturalist Department; 
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (for descrip¬ 
tion of this Observatory see listing below under 
"Hawaiian Volcano Observatory”). 
PERSONS ENGAGED IN RESEARCH: G. O. Fager- 
lund, botany; Clifton J. Davis, entomology. 
facilities: Offices, laboratories, and photographic 
darkroom. 
opportunities for field research: Year- 
round access to area of contrasted physio¬ 
graphic, climatic, and ecological conditions. 
library: A few hundred volumes on biology. 
collections: Fairly complete classified collec¬ 
tion of plants, birds, and insects of the Park 
area. 
publication series: Mimeographed Natural 
History Bulletins interpreting natural condi¬ 
tions, published occasionally. 
research policy: The Service co-operates in 
every way within its means to encourage in¬ 
stitutions and individuals to conduct research 
in its areas. 
Hawaiian Pineapple Company 
address: (Dole) Hawaiian Pineapple Company, 
Ltd., Honolulu 1, Hawaii. 
purpose: Research pertaining to the growing 
and processing of pineapples and other sub¬ 
tropical crops. 
staff: Technically trained persons engaged in 
research number 25. Staff includes Dr. F. P. 
Mehrlich, Assistant Vice President in Charge 
of Research; Dr. George E. Felton, Chemist; 
Dr. R. O. Belkengren, Food Biochemist; Dr. 
Dillon S. Brown, Horticulturist; Dr. Melvin 
Levine, Bacteriologist; Kenneth Kopf, Geneticist. 
facilities: Laboratories in Honolulu for chem¬ 
ical research, frozen food research, food tech¬ 
nology, bacteriology, and plant physiology. Lab¬ 
oratory at Wahiawa for horticultural, genetic, 
agronomic, and plant physiology research. A 
similar laboratory on Lanai. Pilot plants and 
special processing lines of commercial equip¬ 
ment are available in the Honolulu factory. 
opportunities for field research: Compre¬ 
hensive field research is carried on relative to 
agronomy, horticulture, genetics, and plant 
physiology. 
library: The library contains about 500 volumes. 
Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association 
address: Experiment Station, Hawaiian Sugar 
Planters’ Association, 1527 Keeaumoku Street, 
Honolulu 4, Hawaii. Director: Dr. Harold L. 
Lyon. 
purpose: To investigate and solve the field and 
factory problems of the Hawaiian sugar in¬ 
dustry. 
subdivisions: Departments of Agriculture, Bo¬ 
tany and Forestry, Chemistry, Climatology, 
Entomology, Genetics, Geology, Pathology, 
Physiology and Biochemistry, and Sugar Tech¬ 
nology. Each department is headed by an out¬ 
standing scientist. 
persons engaged in research: About 65 
research workers. 
facilities: Each department has at its disposal 
all the facilities and equipment necessary for 
research in its special field. 
library: The library contains 25,860 volumes and 
thousands of separates, bulletins, and pamph¬ 
lets, all properly classified. 
collections: A very extensive collection of in¬ 
sects of the Pacific ocean area; museums of 
sugar canes and cane diseases. 
publications: The Hawaiian Planters’ Record, a 
magazine now in its fiftieth volume. Members 
of the organization are encouraged to publish 
results of research in various scientific journals. 
research fellowships: None offered at present. 
research policy: The Station always welcomes 
visiting scientists and strives to assist them in 
every way possible. During the year 1946, the 
Station gave assistance in the field, laboratory, 
and library to sugar cane experts from Aus¬ 
tralia, China, Cuba, Mauritius, and Tanganyika. 
