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be seen by the list at the end of this report. The demand from 

 abroad for the Memoirs on Feather Work, Kapa Making, Index 

 to the Islands of the Pacific, and especiall}- Mr. Stokes' Index to 

 Fornander's Polynesian Race continues to a gratifying extent. 

 Great delay in our publications has been caused by the impossi- 

 bility of getting satisfactory paper here or at the Coast, compelling 

 us to send to the factories in the East. 



In the Cast Room there has been great activity, and a number 

 of new and very interesting specimens have been cast. In the 

 family of eels thirty-one specimens are already on exhibition and 

 eight more are cast and nearly finished. A very large specimen 

 of "John Dory" (Zeus) has been cast, as also a fine fish he had 

 just swallowed when caught. The expected visit of Dr. B. W. 

 Hvermann has greatly stimulated the search for new and rare 

 specimens. 



During the visit of Dr. von Euschan a number of casts were 

 made of native faces, and hands, and the process of making masks 

 as pra(5lised by our visitor was so satisfa(5lory that it is to be hoped 

 more of these expressive and interesting casts will be made. Our 

 thanks were given to several of the Kamehameha School boj-s for 

 their obliging willingness to be measured and cast. They found 

 it not so disagreeable a process as it looks. The moulds are still 

 awaiting an opportunity to forward them to Dr. von Duschan when 

 en route for Germany. 



Of the distinguished and helpful visitors may be noted Herbert 

 Bolton, M.Sc, F.R.S.E., Director of the Museum, Bristol, Eng.; 

 Prof. A.lfred M. Tozzer and Prof. W. R. Castle, Jr., of Har\-ard; 

 Prof. Hiram Bingham of Vale; Rosewell B. Lawrence, Esq., 

 Secretary of the Appalachian Club; Dr. Geo. A. Dorse}^ of the 

 Field Museum, Chicago; Prof. Felix von Euschan and Madame 

 Emma von Euschan of Berlin; Prof, (of Geography) Aleksander 

 Janowski, University of Warsaw; M. Mesterhazy of Moskau, 

 Explorer in Brazil. [45] 



