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THE Seventh Pacific Science Congress will be held in Auckland and Christchurch, New Zealand, under the auspices of the Royal Society of New Zealand, and with the assistance of the Government of New Zealand, during February 2–22, 1949. As in previous Congresses, members will be classified as official members (delegates representing the constituent countries of the Pacific Science Association and specially invited guests), members (accredited by scientific bodies) and participants. The Congress will be organised in ten divisions, and within divisions there will be a varying number of sections. The programme is arranged in the form of symposia for the discussion of topics of wider interest for the Pacific peoples ; within divisions, subjects of specialist or technical interest will be presented at section meetings. Among the subjects for symposia are : structure of the Pacific basin ; Antarctic and Pacific meteorology ; oceanography and fisheries of the Pacific ; biogeographical provinces; soil resources ; ethnographic studies in Micronesia ; medical and nutritional problems of the Pacific area. The president of the Congress is Mr. R. A. Falla, president of the Royal Society of New Zealand and director of the Dominion Museum, Wellington ; the secretary-general is Mr. Gilbert Archey, director of the Auckland Institute and Museum, Auckland, S.E.I, to whom all communications should be addressed.
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Seventh Pacific Science Congress. Nature 162, 409 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162409e0
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