FIRST PAN-PACIFIC SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE. 
The Conference was held on lines somewhat similar to those adopted 
at the meetings of the Australian Association for the Advancement of 
Science, and was held in the Throne Room of the Capitol Building, 
Honolulu. 
There was a general session each forenoon, and in the afternoons the 
several sections met.~ There were sections in— 
Anthropology—Chairman, Clark Wissler; secretary, J. F. G. 
Stokes. 
Biology—Chairman, Charles Chilton; secretary, C. N. Edmund- 
son. 
Botany—Chairman, W. E. Safford; secretary, C. A. Forbes. 
Entomology-—Chairman, ¥. Muir; secretary, D. T. Fullaway. 
Geography—Chairman, W. M. Bowie; secretary, G. W. Little- 
hales. 
Geology—Chairman, .T. W. Vaughan; secretary, H. S. Palmer. 
Seismology and Vulcanology—Chairman, I. Omori; secretary, T. 
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the general sessions the following matters were discussed :— 
Ocean Currents and their significance. 
Origin of Hawaiian Fauna and Flora. 
Race Relations in the Pacific. 
Volcanism in the Pacific. 
Seismology in the Pacific. 
Framework of the Pacific. 
Mapping the Pacific. 
Training of Scientists for Pacific Work. 
Means and Methods of Co-operation. 
Programme of Research. 
In the Section Meetings papers were read by members and subse- 
questly discussed, also resolutions and programmes of research for adop- 
tion by the General Conference were prepared. 
The results of the Conference demonstrated the high value of meetings 
for the discussion of problems common to all countries whose interests 
lie wholly or in part within the Pacific area, also that-the problems relat- 
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. ing to the welfare of Pacific peoples are too large and too complex to be 
solved satisfactorily except by sympathetic co-operation of individual 
organizations and Governmental agencies. é 
It was resolved, therefore, that the Governor of Hawaii should be 
asked to take such steps as would result in the establishment of a perma- 
nent organization vouched for and supported by the various Pacific 
countries and designed for the advancement of the common interests of 
the Pacific, including scientific research. $gim Uae 
_ It is hoped that future conferences will be held every three years at 
such places as Wellington, Sydney, Suva, Manilla, Tokyo, San Francisco, 
Vancouver, and Honolulu. ; 
It is not unlikely that Wellington will be selected as the next meeting 
place. 
A large number of resolutions were adopted, but the full list cannot 
be published here, and it will not be until the Proceedings of ‘the Con- 
ference:are issued some months hence that they will be readily available. 
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