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The list is a selected one, compiled from the 
many answers received to the letters of inquiry. 
It probably presents all of the major scientific 
institutions now functioning in the countries in 
and around the Pacific Ocean and undoubtedly 
presents some of the minor institutions as well. 
Because it is difficult to appraise national vanity 
(even among scientists, often among diplo¬ 
mats!), and because of my own ignorance of 
the stature of these institutions in faraway 
countries, it is possible that some institutions 
which are unworthy of the distinction have been 
added to the list, and it is probable that some 
which should have had their place in the list 
have been left out. For these errors of judg¬ 
ment or omissions of fact I alone must be held 
responsible, the while I hope that increasing 
knowledge of the countries of the Pacific, the 
dissemination and use of this list, and the co¬ 
operation of scientists throughout the world will 
help to correct them. 
The countries included in the list are ar¬ 
ranged alphabetically, and the institutions in 
each country are also arranged according to 
their alphabetical order. Each entry presents 
the name of the institution (in SMALL CAP¬ 
ITALS), its address (in roman type), and— 
where this information is known, or where it 
is not already evident from the name of the 
institution—the special qualifications of the 
institution, or some descriptive summary of its 
function (in italics). For example: 
BERNICE P. BISHOP museum, Honolulu 35, 
Hawaii. Collection, preservation, and study 
of Hawaiian and Pacific material in eth¬ 
nology and the natural sciences... 
In the cases of the major universities and 
some of the research institutions which are 
equipped with facilities to do research in most 
of the fields of science, it has not been thought 
necessary to name each of the departments of 
the institutions. The word General suggests 
their eminence and their versatility. 
On the other hand, the mention of some 
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specialty for an institution does not necessarily 
mean that its work is confined entirely to the 
field of that specialty. The specialty listed 
means only that, in the opinion of the scientists 
in that institution, or of the cultural attache 
evaluating it, or of myself endeavoring to cat¬ 
alogue it, the word used is the one that seems 
best to describe the work for which the insti¬ 
tution is distinguished. It does not mean that 
no other work, either in related or in different 
fields, is done there. 
The fact that an institution is placed in this 
list does not mean, furthermore, that it is ready 
to accommodate visiting scientists immediately. 
In every instance, a scientist who wishes to 
pursue research in some institution other than 
his own must first make personal and definite 
arrangement with the institution of his choice 
in order to he certain that the institution pos¬ 
sesses facilities which he might use and that he 
would have the invitation of the institution (or 
of the country in which the institution is lo¬ 
cated) to share its facilities. This injunction is 
particularly true for institutions in those coun¬ 
tries tvhich have recently been afflicted with 
war, or which are still troubled with civil wars, 
but it applies to all institutions, wherever they 
may be. The further difficulties of exchange of 
persons, of funds, of equipment, are so variable 
that they cannot be mentioned here, but must 
be left to the patience and perseverance of the 
individual scientist to surmount. 
Spokesmen for many of the countries whose 
scientific institutions are represented in this 
list, and for many of the institutions themselves, 
have stated that they are very much interested 
in helping visiting scientists and that they 
would welcome visitors—"always provided, of 
course, that space and equipment can be found 
for them.” This is the difficulty in almost every 
country: the welcome and the good will are 
readily offered, but the great demands made by 
their own people upon these institutions place 
a premium upon laboratory space and equip¬ 
ment that all too often cannot meet even the 
local needs. 
