Director's Report for iqi8. it 



The following institutions have l)een added to our list of exchanges: 

 University of Chicago; University of Illinois; Newark Mviseum ; Societe 

 d'Etudes Oceaniennes. 



This last named society has 1)een recently formed in Papeete for the 

 study of the Pacitic. 



Acknowledgment of author's separates, and other items, is made to 

 the following: Messrs. L. J. Bouge, C. Montague Cooke, Jr.. W. M. 

 GifYard, Ivan C. Hall, A. F. Judd, Vaughan MacCaughey, Sidney Powers, 

 T. G. Thrum and Harold Wright, and the Haw^aiian Association through 

 Mrs. R. W. Andrews, 



A miscellaneous lot of books and pamphlets was purchased from the 

 Rowell Estate — 50 titles, including some duplicates. Among them were MS 

 notes on the Hawaiian P>il)le, 1843, by Rev. G. B. Rowell. 



Summary of accessions for the year is as follows : 



Volumes Parts and Pamphlets 



Exchange 181 411 



Purchase i/O 217 



Gift 13 56 



Total 364 684 



Grand Total— 1048. 



This summary excludes incomplete volumes of local newspapers re- 

 ceived, dating from 1846 to 1918, and representing 65 volumes and 47 titles 

 — 19 English, 27 Hawaiian and i Portuguese. 



More than 200 volumes have been prepared for the binder; of these 

 165 volumes have been bound. 



MODELING. 



Dtirini^- the year, Mr. Thomp.son, Artist and Modeler, finished 

 70 models: 16 of fishes, i of a mammal, 16 of frnits, and 2i7 o^ 

 ethnological specimens. He has 21 unfinished models on hand. He 

 has also painted and ]M"epared three coconnt crabs from Fanning 

 Island, An excellent representation was secured of a porpoise 7 

 feet, 7 inches long, weighing 375 pounds. 



EXHIBITION HALLS 



Mrs. Helvie, Superintendent of Exhibition Halls, reports that 

 the attendance of visitors has kept up very well in spite of the lack 

 of tourists — the military visitors from the various posts being 

 greater than usual. The total attendance for the year was 14,029, 

 a decrease from 15.145 the average for the five previous years. The 



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