EDITORIAL. 
PAN-PACIFIC CONFERENCE. 
The Australian scientists who attended the Pan-Pacific Conference 
at Honolulu have returned well satisfied with the work accomplished. 
Mr. E. ©. Andrews, the Government Geologist of New South Wales, 
who was one of the delegates, stated that the aims of the Conference 
were embodied in a series of resolutions, which represented the views of 
the leading scientists of Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, 
United States, Canada, and Japan. “The work,” he said, “ which 
these scientists have set themselves to accomplish has its roots in the 
individual efforts of famous observers in the Pacific; it is an extension 
of the great labours of Darwin and Dana on coral reefs and on 
yoleanoes; also of Professors Sollas, David, and Alexander Agassiz, and 
of their disciples in the Pacific, whose efforts had been productive of a 
ereat gain in our knowledge of the Pacific. The Conference aims at 
co-ordination of work in the Pacific by numerous specialists in all 
branches of science, so that on the one hand the origin of the Pacific 
Islands, and of the continents on its margin, may be determined; and, - 
on the other hand, that the economic possibilities of these lands may 
be known to the world.” The Conference lasted three weeks during 
August, and the deliberations of the 110 delegates were held in the 
famous throne-room of the Kamchametha dynasty, and the speakers 
addressed the Conference from the royal dais. The Conference was 
convened by scientists of the United States, and the trustees of the ~ 
Bishop Museum of Hawaii generously provided funds to defray the 
official expenses of the delegates. Honolulu was chosen as the meeting 
place, because of its being the cross-roads of the Pacific, being about 
4,400 miles from Sydney, 4,700 miles from Panama, 2,100 miles from 
San Francisco, 2,300 miles from Vancouver, and about 3,000 miles 
from Japan. 
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