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compiler had to serve three years of that time 
in war duties. However, current develop¬ 
ments do not permit me to procrastinate any 
longer. Although the existing circumstances 
differ greatly from those of the pre-war 
period in which this project was started, the 
value of our South Sea islands has not 
changed in the least. Moreover, an exhaus¬ 
tive scientific study of these islands as a basis 
for the development of this region should 
never be neglected. Hence, I believe the pub¬ 
lication of this bibliography now is very 
timely; and I will be very pleased if it should 
in any way serve as a guide to scientific re¬ 
search in our South Sea islands. As we note 
in this collection, the scientific studies made 
by Japanese scholars since these. islands 
became a territory of Japan are not few. 
Thus, they are already contributing greatly 
toward the advancement of South Sea sci¬ 
ence. The compilation of this bibliography 
is but the fruit of the efforts of these schol¬ 
ars. I take this opportunity to pay my deep¬ 
est respects to them. 
In this bibliography, all treatises obtain¬ 
able, from both native and foreign sources, 
that deal with the sciences (botany, zoology, 
geology-mineralogy, oceanography, geo¬ 
physics, medicine, anthropology-ethnology, 
and geography) relating to the South Sea 
islands have been included. I have made an 
effort to list even popular literature, if con¬ 
sidered sufficient to serve as good references, 
bringing the total number to almost four 
thousand. The greater part of these have 
been collected by the compiler himself. 
Furthermore, to insure a greater degree of 
perfection, various specialists have been 
asked to assist in the gathering of literature 
or in revision, as itemized below. However, 
the scope of the collection is extremely great 
and owing to lack of a better indexing 
method on the part of the compiler, there 
may be more than a few omissions. In filling 
this gap, I appeal for the co-operation of 
those who utilize this bibliography; at the 
same time I hope they will add titles as they 
see fit. 
In presenting this bibliography to the 
world, I should like to list the names of those 
who have given me greatest assistance in the 
compilation of this work, and to express my 
deepest appreciation for their kind efforts. 
Moreover, I have been accorded facilities by 
numerous government offices, universities 
and colleges, research institutes, libraries, 
public organizations, and individuals. For 
want of space, I have not listed their names 
here; but deep gratitude is due them for 
their kindness. 
Botany: 2 Hosokawa, Takahide; Tsuyama, Ta- 
kashi (Phanerogamae): Tagawa, Motoji (Pteri- 
dophyta) : Horikawa, Yoshio (Bryophyta): Ya- 
mada, Yukio (Algae). 
Zoology: Kuroda, Naganari (Mammalia; 
Aves): Momiyama, TokutarS (Aves): Okada, 
Yaichiro; Oshima, Masamitsu (Reptilia; Amphi¬ 
bia): Abe, Toshiaki (Pisces): Tokioka, Takashi 
(Protochordata): Kuroda, Tokubei; Baba, Kiku-~ 
taro (Mollusca): Hayashi, RySji (Echinoder- 
mata) : Oshima, Hiroshi; Murakami, Shiro (Holo- 
thuroidea; Ophiuroidea): Miyake, Sadayoshi 
(Crustacea): Sat5, Ikio; Takakuwa, Yoshioki; 
Takashima, Haruo (Myriapoda; Arachnoidea): 
Ezaki, Teizo (Insecta): Takahashi, Ryoichi 
(Hemiptera; Thysanoptera): Tokunaga, Masaaki 
(Diptera): Kano, Tadao (Coleoptera): Naka¬ 
mura, Yamato (Lepidoptera): Kobayashi, Shin- 
jiro; Ofuchi, Matatsu (Oligochaeta): Takahashi, 
Keiz5; Okuda, Shir5 (Polychaeta): Sato, Hayao 
(Gephyrea): Ozaki, Yoshimasa; Ogata, Fujiharu 
(Trematoda): Haneda, Yoshiine (Protozoa): 
Abe, Noboru (Coelenterata; Zoological Miscel¬ 
lany). 
Mineralogy and Coral Reef: Tayama, Riza- 
bur5; Eguchi, Motoki. 
Oceanography: Uda, Michitaka. 
Geophysics: Kumagae, Naoichi (Magnetics): 
Kawasaki, Hideo (Meteorology). 
Medicine: Haneda, Yata; Medical officers of 
the Nanyocho (South Sea Islands Government 
Office). 
Anthropology-Ethnology: Motoda, Shigeru; 
Sugiura, Kenichi (Ethnology). 
Geography: Wada, Shunji (Geography): 
Wada, Seiji; Ban, Yoshii (Fishery): Yoshino, 
Tsuyoshi (Agriculture and Forestry). 
2 Several readings or translations are possible 
when Japanese names are written in Chinese char¬ 
acters. Hence, popularly accepted pronunciation 
has been used here whenever actual translation 
was not possible.-TRANSLATOR’s Note. 
