Report of the Research Council of the South Pacific Commission meeting

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South Pacific Commission. Research Council. Meeting
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Sq 327.9 SOU
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Noumea, New Caledonia : The Council
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Eighth Meeting (1-12 June 1957)
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RESEARCH COUNCIL EIGHTH MEETING 1
CONTENTS 3 , 4 , 5
INTRODUCTION 7 , 8
HEALTH LINES ALONG WHICH WORK IN THE HEALTH FIELD SHOULD PROCEED 9
HEALTH EDUCATION 9
NUTRITION 9 , 10
MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASES 10 , 11
ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION 11 , 12
TUBERCULOSIS 12
TECHNICAL INFORMATION 12
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL INFORMATION SERVICE AND DISINSECTIZATION OF AIRCRAFT 12 , 13
WANT AND MATERNAL WELFARE 13 , 14
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LINES ALONG WHICH WORK IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FIETD SHOULD PROCEED 14
FISHERIES 14 , 15
SUBSISTENCE ECONOMIES AND AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION 15
SOILS AND LAND USE 15 , 16
PLANT COLLECTION AND INTRODUCTION 16 , 17
PESTS AND DISEASES OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS 17 , 18
PASTURES AND LIVESTOCK 18
CASH CROPS 18 , 19
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT-RURAL INDUSTRIES 19
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT-TOURIST INDUSTRY 19
BAMBOO 19
ATOLL DEVELOPMENT 20
FORESTRY 20
ECONOMIC SURVEYS AND ECONOMIC ORGANIZATION 21
INTERNATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL YEAR 21
SHIPPING AND TRANSPORTATION 21
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION DEVELOPMENT CENTRE 22
WORLD AGRICULTURAL CENSUS 1960 22
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PRIORITIES IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FIELD 22 , 23
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT LINES ALONG WHICH WORK IN THE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT FIELD SHOULD PROCEED 23
LITERATURE PROMOTION 23 , 24
AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS 25
LITERACY 25
CO-OPERATIVES 25 , 26
CLEARING-HOUSE SERVICE FOR PACIFIC ISLANDS BROADCAST RECORDINGS 26
CLEARING-HOUSE ON WOMEN'S INTERESTS 27
EDUCATION, OTHER THAN CLEARING-HOUSE ACTIVITIES 27 , 28
ECONOMIC EDUCATION 28
VOCATIONAL TRAINING 28 , 29
INTER-TERRITORIAL EDUCATION VISITS 29
AIDED SELF-HELP 29
POPULATION STUDIES 29 , 30
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 30
TECHNICAL AND RESEARCH INFORMATION 30
URBANIZATION 31
CONSERVATION OF HISTORICAL MATERIALS 31
HOUSING 32
ALCOHOLISM 32
GENERAL PROGRAMME SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL CONSIDERATION BY THE COUNCIL IN 1958 AND 1959 32 , 33
THE ORGANIZATION AND WORK OF THE RESEARCH COUNCIL 33
THIRD SOUTH PACIFIC CONFERENCE 33
PUBLICATIONS 34
SYMPOSIA ON SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS 34
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA 34
THE PLACE OF TRAINING COURSES IN TEE COMMISSION'S WORK PROGRAMME 34
INTER-TERRITORIAL INFORMATION EXCHANGE 35
OBSERVERS 35
ENCOURAGEMENT OF MUSEUMS, ETC. 35
DR. RALPH CLAIRON BEDELL 35
PUBLICATION OF REPORT OF THE EIGHTH MEETING 35
ADOPTION OF REPORT 36
APPENDIX I APPROVED AGENDA 37 , 38
APPENDIX II ALLOCATION OF AGENDA ITEMS 39 , 40 , 41
APPENDIX III PARTICIPANTS AND OBSERVERS 43 , 44
APPENDIX IV STATEMENT BY DR. RALPH CLAIRON BEDELL SECRETARY-GENERAL 45
STATEMENT BY MR. HAROLD J. COOLIDGE CHAIRMAN. EIGHTH MEETING 46
ADDRESS GIVEN BY DR. EMILE MASSAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER FOR HEALTH 47
STATEMENT BY DR, A.H.J. KROON, EXECUTIVE OFFICER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 48 , 49
STATEMENT BY DR. RICHARD SEDDON, EXECUTIVE OFFICER FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 50
STATEMENT BY PROFESSOR J.W. DAVIDSON speaking on behalf of Observers at the. Eighth Meeting 51
FAREWELL ADDRESS OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EIGHTH MEETING OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION RESEARCH COUNCIL MR. HAROLD J. COOLIDGE 52 , 53
SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION EIGHTH MEETING OF RESEARCH COUNCIL PRELIMINARY ANNUAL BUDGET ESTIMATES APPENDIX V 55 , 57 , 59 , 61

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