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Agricultural Experiment Station. A large lab¬ 
oratory will be housed in the Agricultural En¬ 
gineering Institute now under construction, the 
gift of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Associa¬ 
tion. Off-campus laboratories include the Ma¬ 
rine Biological Laboratory and Aquarium at 
Waikiki, the Astronomical Observatory at Kai- 
muki, and the Kilauea Laboratory in Hawaii 
National Park. 
opportunities for field research: Field re¬ 
search trips are organized periodically, under 
the supervision of University faculty members. 
In the past these trips have covered not only the 
outer islands of the Hawaiian Group but also 
other islands of the Pacific region. As a part of 
the program of the University’s Pacific Islands 
Research Committee headed by Dean Paul S. 
Bachman, in December, 1945, four faculty 
members made a reconnaissance visit to Micro¬ 
nesia, which was followed in the summer of 
1946 by teams of scientists who made field 
surveys in Micronesia particularly in botany, 
zoology and bacteriology, and parasitology (see 
Pacific Science, January, 1946, p. 61-62). 
library: The University Library contains 163,950 
bound volumes and 378,829 unbound parts and 
pamphlets, including the main publications in 
natural science. A union list of serials in the 
Library indicates the locations of all periodicals 
found in all libraries in the Territory. Standard 
scientific works are to be found on the Library 
shelves; well represented are works on the 
botany of the Pacific area, tropical agriculture, 
marine biology, and chemistry; there are also 
many volumes on voyages and scientific expedi¬ 
tions to the Pacific. The Library is an official 
depository for Federal and Territorial govern¬ 
mental publications. Scientific works printed in 
the Chinese and Japanese languages are in¬ 
cluded in the Oriental Collection. Visiting 
scientists are accorded free use of all Library 
facilities. 
exhibits: Collections or permanent exhibits, by 
act of the Territorial Legislature, are placed in 
the Bishop Museum, and a considerable part of 
the botanical and zoological exhibits in that 
museum is the work of University scientists. 
The herbarium there housed contains the most 
nearly complete collection of Hawaiian plants 
in existence, including some species now extinct. 
Certain departments of the University arrange 
displays on the campus from time to time. 
Large-scale relief maps of the major islands of 
the Hawaiian Group are to be found in the 
main lobby of Gilmore Hall. A botanical tour 
of the campus is described in a free illustrated 
booklet, In Green Manoa Valley. 
PUBLICATION SERIES: Research Publications (1927 
to date); Occasional Papers (1934 to date). In 
January, 1947, the University began publication 
of Pacific Science, a quarterly devoted to the 
biological and physical sciences of the Pacific 
region. The Volcano Letter, since 1938, has 
been published by the University for the Ha¬ 
waiian Volcano Observatory and the Hawaiian 
Volcano Research Association. Proceedings of 
the Hawaiian Academy of Science has been 
issued jointly by the University and the Acad¬ 
emy since 1940. 
RESEARCH fellowships: Fellowships are offered 
in scientific fields, on a half-time basis, to quali¬ 
fied graduate students. 
research policy: The University, as a fully ac¬ 
credited institution of higher learning, is de¬ 
sirous of promoting scientific research in every 
possible way, and members of its faculty and 
staff are allowed time and funds to carry on 
such research. Co-operative research of many 
sorts is carried on by arrangement with various 
other institutions and agencies. It is the policy 
of the University to extend its hospitality to 
visiting scientists who wish to arrange for lab¬ 
oratory and library facilities. 
University of Hawaii Agricultural 
Experiment Station 
address: University of Hawaii Agricultural Ex¬ 
periment Station, Box 18, Honolulu 10, Hawaii. 
Director: Dr. John H. Beaumont. 
purpose: To conduct research and experiments 
bearing upon the establishment and mainte¬ 
nance of a permanent and efficient agricultural 
industry in the Territory. 
subdivisions: Departments of Agronomy, Horti¬ 
culture, Animal Husbandry, Poultry Husband¬ 
ry, Nutrition, Soils and Agricultural Chemistry, 
Plant Physiology, Plant Pathology, Vegetable 
Crops, Parasitology, Entomology, and Agricul¬ 
tural Engineering. 
PERSONS ENGAGED in research: More than 40. 
Department heads include Dr. J. E. Alicata, 
Dr. H. F. Clements, Dr. W. A. Frazier, Rene 
Guillou, J. W. Hendrix, L. A. Henke, Dr. F. G. 
Holdaway, Carey D. Miller, J. C. Ripperton, 
Dr. G. D. Sherman, and Dr. W. B. Storey. 
facilities: Adequate laboratories in Soils and 
Agricultural Chemistry, Plant Physiology, Nu¬ 
trition, Poultry Husbandry, Horticulture, and 
Vegetable Crops. Field experiment stations are 
located on the University campus at Honolulu, 
at Poamoho on Oahu, at Haleakala on Maui, 
and at Kona on Hawaii. 
library: University of Hawaii Library and Sta¬ 
tion Library. 
publication series: Annual Report, Bulletin, 
Circular, Technical Bulletin, Progress Notes, 
Technical Papers. 
research fellowships: Fellowships are offered 
occasionally, as need arises. 
research opportunities: Graduate and under¬ 
graduate research is carried on in collaboration 
with the University of Hawaii. 
research policy: Facilities of the Station are 
freely offered to visiting scientists. 
