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PACIFIC SCIENCE, Vol. II, July, 1948 
To permit the Organizing Committee to make 
suitable provisions, each Representative Institu¬ 
tion is requested to send to the Secretary of the 
Congress at the earliest possible date the names 
and addresses of all official members, members, 
and participants who are expected to attend the 
Congress. 
PUBLICATIONS 
Handbooks and Program will be issued to all 
members; the Proceedings of the Congress will 
be issued to Representative Institutions and offi¬ 
cial members. Members and participants may 
purchase the Proceedings at cost price. 
PROGRAM ORGANIZATION 
Ten divisions representing different sciences 
have been organized and divisional meetings for 
discussion of papers of divisional interest will 
be held. [The ten divisions under which the 
meetings will be organized are: (1) Geophysics 
and Geology; (2) Meteorology; (3) Oceano¬ 
graphy and Marine Biology; (4) Zoology; (5) 
B.otany; (6) Soil Resources and Agriculture; 
(7) Anthropology; (8) Public Health and Nu¬ 
trition; (9) Social Sciences; (10) Organization 
of Research.] The Program will, however, give 
chief place to symposia on special topics of in¬ 
terest to two or more divisions. A first draft of 
the program has been sent to Representative In¬ 
stitutions; the final program will be arranged 
after hearing their views. [The final program 
will be published in the October number of 
Pacific Science if it is available in time-Ed.] 
OFFICERS OF THE CONGRESS 
Patron 
His Excellency the Governor-General of New 
Zealand, Sir Bernard Freyberg, V.C., G.C.M.G., 
K.C.B., K.B.E., D.S.O. 
Honorary Presidents 
The Right Hon. P. Fraser, C.H., Prime Minis¬ 
ter of New Zealand. 
The Hon. T. H. McCombs, Minister of Scien¬ 
tific and Industrial Research. 
Honorary Vice-Presidents 
His Worship the Mayor of Auckland, J. A. C. 
Allum, Esq., GB.E. 
His Worship the Mayor of Christchurch, E. H. 
Andrews, Esq., C.B.E. 
Herbert E. Gregory, President of the First 
Pan-Pacific Science Congress. 
H. M. Tory, President of the Fifth Pacific Sci¬ 
ence Congress. 
Ross G. Harrison, President of the Sixth Pa¬ 
cific Science Congress. 
President 
R. A. Falla, President of the Royal Society of 
New Zealand. 
Secretary-General 
Gilbert Archey, Director, Auckland Institute 
and Museum, Auckland. Cable Address: con¬ 
gress AUCKLAND. 
The Secretary-General will welcome inquiries 
or suggestions from intending members or par¬ 
ticipants, or from scientific institutions.— Gil¬ 
bert Archey, Secret ary-General, Seventh Pacific 
Science Congress. 
Further Information Concerning the Fulbright Act 
The following summary of information, 
available to date, concerning the implementa¬ 
tion of the Fulbright Act has been received 
from Harold J. Coolidge, Executive Secretary of 
the Pacific Science Board of the National Re¬ 
search Council. 
The Fulbright Act (Public Law No. 584) 
authorizes the Department of State to use a por¬ 
tion of the foreign currencies resulting from the 
sale of surplus property abroad for purposes of 
educational interchange and activities with for¬ 
eign countries. 
At present agreements have been signed with 
only two countries—China and Burma; but ne¬ 
gotiations are in progress with the following: 
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, 
Egypt, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Iran, 
Italy, the Netherlands, the Netherlands East In¬ 
dies, New Zealand, Norway, the Philippines, 
Siam, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and it is 
expected that other countries may be added to 
the list. 
It should be stressed that since the money 
available is only in foreign currencies and is not 
convertible to American dollars, individual ar¬ 
rangements must be made for each American 
participating in the program for such dollar bal¬ 
ances as he will require to meet his family needs 
and other obligations in the United States dur¬ 
ing the period of his absence abroad. 
While the term educational interchange may 
be interpreted very broadly, the following ampli¬ 
fication will serve as a more useful guide to the 
types of activities envisaged: 
Aid in international reconstruction by assist¬ 
ing foreign countries to secure the services of 
