FEB 16 1901 



REPORT. 



TN inaugurating' a .s\steni of Annual Reports of a more formal 

 character than has hitherto obtained during the few years 

 since the opening of the Museum, it ma}' not be out of place 

 to state the nature and objedis of this institution. In the Deed 

 of Trust under which the Museum was established by Charles 

 Reed Bishop the Trustees are directed to apply '"tlic }ict incoDic ( a) 

 in and toward tlic maintenance, conduct and (to sue// extent as tJicy 

 sliall in their absolute discretion t/iink fit ) furtJier equipment and 

 developDioit of tlie said Bernice P. Bisliop Museum as a scientijic i}i- 

 stitutiou for coIlecti)ig , preservings storing and ex/iibiti)io- specimens 

 of Polynesian and fcindred Antiquities, Et/inotogv and Natural His- 

 tory, and books treating of, and pictures illustrating tfie same, and 

 for tfie e.vaniiiiation , iweestigation , treatment and study of said speci- 

 mois and the publication of pictures thereof, and of the results of such 

 in-eestigation and stud]', and ( b) if the said If-ustees or their succes- 

 sors in the trust, shall in their absolute discretion thi)ik fit, i)i the pur- 

 chase or lease of suitable site or suitable sites for, and in the erection , 

 furnishing , equipping and condutling also as a scientific institution , 

 on the /stand of (h^hu, I\epublic of Hazcaii , a Marine Aquarium and 

 Biological Laboratory , but the trust in favor of tfie licrnice P. Bishop 

 Museum shall alicays and in all things have precedence and be para- 

 mount over the trust in favor of the said Marine Aquariuni and 

 Biological I.aboratorv .' ' 



Working in these lines the Museum has "preserved, stored 

 and exhibited" such specimens as have come to it by gift or pur- 

 chase, and as will be seen by the lists of accessions during the past 

 year many specimens have been added in this way, but in the first 



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