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all of which matters the Director has reported to the Trustees, and 

 his communications to the Association have been published in its 

 Annual Report lately issued. These reunions of curators and 

 workers in the different museums of the country give the best 

 possible opportunities for exchange of ideas and mutual encourage- 

 ment, and it is hoped that at some future time the Association 

 may meet here: such was the wish, I believe, of the majority of 

 the members of the Association gathered in San Francisco. 



REPORT OF A TRIP TO SAN FRANCISCO AS DELEGATE REPRE- 

 SENTING THE BISHOP MUSEUM AT THE MEETING OF THE 

 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS, JULY 6-9, 1915. 



In rendering a report of my mission as your delegate to the 

 San Francisco meeting of the American Association of Museums, 

 I find it difficult to confine myself strictly to the doings of the four 

 days of the meeting, there were so many interesting matters on 

 the journey and during the days waiting for a steamer passage 

 home; but I will, as briefly as possible, describe the meeting and 

 its results. 



I arrived from Vancouver late on July 4th, and .although 

 Monday was a holiday it was utilized by first calling to secure 

 my passage home on the Sierra, and then visiting the California 

 Academy of Sciences in its temporary rooms on Sansome Street, 

 to obtain preliminary information of the coming meeting. It was 

 my good fortune to find there Dr. Dickerson, who furnished me 

 with a programme of the expected work, and then showed me 

 the splendid collection of Galapagos secured by the Academy 

 Expedition. 



Tuesday morning we assembled in the hall of the Academy, 

 and after the formal organization and reports, I was able to present 

 our difficulties in regard to the duty on alcohol, and also our postal 

 troubles. In both cases committees were appointed to consider 



the matter and bring it to the attention of the Federal Government. 



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