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Report of J. F. G. Stokes' Visit to the 

 American Museums. 



Thp: Trustees of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, deem- 

 ing it desirable that I should become familiar with the arrangement 

 of the larger American museums, decided to send me under the 

 guidance of the Director, Mr. Brigham, on a short tour of inspec- 

 tion for this purpose through the United vStates. The time allowed 

 did not permit of the most thorough examination, but the informa- 

 tion gained and the many hints and suggestions taken advantage 

 of, will no doubt be of value to our Museum in Honolulu. Atten- 

 tion was paid most particularly to the collections of Polynesian 

 material, and when time did not permit the examination of speci- 

 mens from places outside the Pacific region, these departments 

 I was unfortunately compelled to pass unnoticed. 



Much kind attention and great cordiality were shown by the 

 gentlemen in the departments visited, and the willing help afforded 

 was of the utmost value. Ver}- many thanks are due these gentlemen 

 for the assistance so readily given, and an opportunity is souo-ht 

 to show our Museum's appreciation for the kindnesses rendered. 



The institutions visited were : The California Academy of 

 Sciences in San Francisco; the Missouri Botanical Garden in 

 St. Louis; the Smithsonian Institution, V. S. National Museum, 

 Army Medical Museum, U. S. Botanical Gardens, National Zoo- 

 logical Gardens, and the U. S. P'ish Commission buildino- in 

 Washington; in Philadelphia, the Academy of Natural vSciences 

 the Zoological Park, the Free Museum of vScience and Art, the 

 Philadelphia Commercial Museums and Memorial Hall at Fair- 

 mount Park ; in New York, the Aquarium in Battery- Park^ 

 Columbia University Library, the New York Zoological Garden 

 and Botanical Museum at Bronx Park, the American Museum of 

 Natural History and the Metropolitan Museum of Art ; in Boston 

 and Cambridge, the Boston Society of Natural History, Peabodv 

 Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Museum of Comparative 

 Zoology, the Museum of Fine Arts and the Boston Public Librarv 

 While in Rochester, N. Y., Ward's Natural History Establishment 

 was looked through, and in Chicago the Field Columbian Museum 

 was visited. 



