12 Director's Annual Report. 



W. M. Giffard; and carved ceremonial paddle from Mangaia, 

 made by Edward M. Brigham, Curator of the Public School 

 Museum, Battle Creek, Michigan. Of the staff both the Curators 

 of Pulmonata and of Botan\' have made contributions which will 

 be mentioned later in describing the field work. 



"Of the purchases of the year by far the largest was the col- 

 lection made by the brothers R. J. and Norman Etheridge of 

 Sydney, numbering 416 specimens. This collection has been 

 catalogued and temporarily placed in cases in the upper gallery 

 of Hawaiian Hall. The Direclor will add a few notes on the more 

 remarkable specimens. 



"A number of small purchases have been made of Hawaiian 

 material. A very choice kapa of a pattern different to what we have 

 in our collection, but figured on plate 37 of the Memoirs, Vol. Ill, 

 was purchased from Mrs. J. H. Maby. Three hula ki'i, similar to 

 the marionettes described by Dr. N. B. Emerson, were bought; also 

 a lei claimed to have belonged to Kaumualii. An unusually large 

 number of specimens of the plainer and less spectacular kind have 

 been bought at the curiosity stores or at the door during the year, 

 and the sellers have been encouraged to get more. By this means 

 we have received two or three specimens absolutel}' new to us. 



"In the class of relics the Kapiolani Estate kindly presented 

 us with a lot of material found in the palace at Kailua, Hawaii. 

 Included were what was described as photographs of Kameha- 

 meha IV and Queen Emma, which proved to be very choice por- 

 traits in oil by Burgess in 1856. 



"This Curator has taken but three trips into the field during 

 the year. One, in compan}- of the Curator of Botany, was made 

 to a cave on Oahu which w^as full of loose and scattered skeletons; 

 as the owner of the land was known to be very sensitive on the sub- 

 ject of removing skeletons, they were examined but not disturbed. 



"Professor von Luschan was conducted over the sand dunes at 

 Waimanalo, and a few fragments of skeletons found. This locality 



yielding poor returns, an expedition was planned to some dunes 



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