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waiiaii Department from public view, and the disturbance incident 

 to any large building operations has in various ways interfered 

 with the regular work, and in the attendance of visitors which is 

 less than in 1898. A large workroom with skylight has been built 

 for photographic purposes as well as for the arrangement of large 

 groups of Hawaiians cast from life by Allen Hutchinson, and for 

 the construdlion of models of Kilauea and of an ancient heiau or 

 temple. This is a most convenient addition to our workrooms. 

 Cases have been placed in the basement of Polynesian Hall for the 

 temporary storage of books. The Picfture Gallery has been im- 

 proved by the closure of unused windows and the removal of a 

 wall-case thus giving more wall space. Four brackets for bu.sts 

 have been placed in the corners. To the pi(5tures in this room 

 have been added four of D. Howard Hitchcock's capital paint- 

 ings of Kilauea and Mokuaweoweo, a number of Mr. H. W. Hen- 

 shaw's platinot^'pe photographs of Hawaiian scenes, and some 

 good photographs of Maoris. During alterations a portion of the 

 Hawaiian colledlion has been exhibited in table cases in the Pi(fture 

 Gallery. 



The attendance is checked off each public day and an enumera- 

 tion of nationalities made, and in a town of such mixed races this 

 is both interesting and instructive. In giving the table below it 

 .should be .stated (what the figures do not show) that many of the 

 schools both public aud private have availed themselves of the in- 

 strucftion the colledtions afford, and man\- hours have been spent 

 in the Mu.seum supplementary to the regular school exercises. By 

 means of an abundance of plain printed labels information has 

 been placed within the reach of all visitors except perhaps a few 

 of the orientals. The hours have been from 10 to 5 during the 

 summer months and from 10 to 4:30 during the winter, on Friday 

 and vSaturday; and also to accommodate passengers on the through 

 steamers the Museum has been open on the days these steamers 

 are in port. 



