10 J li rector's h^c/^ort for I(^l8. 



IJl'.KAKV. 

 The Kilirarian. Miss E. l'>. Ili^i^ins, reports an tiuijrccedcnted 

 iiuiiiher of iK'\vs])a|)C'rs in tlie native lan^ua^c received from var- 

 ions sonrccs dnring" tlic year. 



L'litil tlie l)i.\i;iniiin.L; of llie tuciitii.'tli eHMit\n'\', the \-cTnacular news- 

 papers coin])risctl alnmsl llu- sole natixe literature piihlislied, and they 

 covered a transition jieriod in nati\e lil'e hut Ii.t;lul_\' touched u])on l\v 

 foreign ohserxers. Ileing also tin.' niean> (jf tlu' nati\es" exposilir)n of their 

 own eusnans and folk-lore (although their intellectual leaders were 

 ec'ucatcd and inspired by foreigners) the Librarian has made many efforts 

 during the past few years to complete the early hies. The largest contri- 

 bution so fear recei\'e(l came this year from the liasement of Kawaiahao 

 Church in Honolulu, from which thirty-four sacks and thirty-nine trunks 

 of papers and native school liooks were taken. These were cleaned and 

 sorted, .and the duplicates — the greater bulk — were returned. 



A smaller accession yielding greater proportionate results was the i)ur- 

 chase of the files of a native minister which included in addition tc) many 

 other fragmentary sets the following thirty li\e .-omplete or nearly complete 

 volumes: Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, 24; Ke Alolia Aina, 2; Ka Makaainana, 7; 

 Ka Loea Kalaiaina, 2. 



Local periodicals are now represented in the Library b\- seventy-five 

 titles, classified as follows: English. 41; U.awaiian, 32; Portuguese, i ; 

 Chinese, i ; the earliest date is 1834. 



The tiles of scientific journals ha\e ])een added to by purchase, gift 

 and exchange, but numerous \acancies were still left as many parts and 

 numbers were out of ])rinl. The lack w;is partl\' supplied by approaching the 

 contributing authors — a mode suggested by Dr. Herbert E. Gregory on a 

 visit early in the year. Twenty-one journals were added by subscription. 



The distribution of scientiiic journals in the ^Museum Library, is 

 appro.\imatel\- as follows : 



Archaeology, anthropology and ethnology 41 



Natural History 38 



Botany 15 



Conchology i 



Zoology, General 26 



Ornithology 2 



Mollusca 2 



Microscopy 1 



Geography 6 



General Science 15 



Geology 7 



Museums 1 1 



Miscellaneous 9 



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