4 Dircilar's Report for !(ji8. 



casts. As nn ])n)visiiin was iiiade for tlu- ])r()tccti(m nt truit casts 

 fR)ni hciii^;' liandlcMl 1)\' the i)ul)lic, this ]K)rti()ii of tlic rxliihit was 

 with(h-a\\n. h'or the lish scctimi, howexxT, casts of thirty of the 

 hir,u;cst cihhlc fishes, es])ecian_\- of tll:l^e --omewhat ne^iccted hy the 

 fish-eatin.^' ])uhhc, were seK-cted ami exhihiti'<l in tlie rotuiKhi of the 

 Aquarium, where the\- sliowed to far l)etter advantage tliaii in the 

 Museum cases. As the A(|uarium (which was made part of the 

 Fair) was ahle to exhil)it only the smaller s])ecies in its tanks, the 

 combination with the Museum contribution made a very compre- 

 hensive exhibit. 



Attention is drawn to twelve enlari^'ed photographs of the tire- 

 pit of Kilauea \olcano which have been mounted and displayed 

 in Hawaiian 1 lall, in front <if the model of the X'olcano. The plates 

 were selected by Dr. T. A. jaj^^ar. Director of the \'olcano Observu- 

 tor}-, to illustrate the successive changes in the hre-])it during a 

 period of a year and a half. Their ecbicational value has l)een 

 further enhanced by the descriptious written by Dr. Jaggar. 



During the latter ])art of the year, the unusually severe wind 

 storm, wdiich did nmch damage in Honolulu, made itself felt on the 

 Museum buildings. 'Jdie stone and concrete portions of the struc- 

 ture were unaffected, but the- skylight of the photographic studio wa:". 

 broken in. and the crestings of the exhibition buikhng carried oft. 



A verv satisfactory evidence of the progress of the Museum in 

 the estimation of Hawaiian people, was given during- the year when 

 the l)ones of two of their kings were placed in the Museum in order 

 that the reiuarkable workiuanship of tlie caskets might be studied 

 to advantage. (See ]). 5 and PI. I.) Remains of Hawaiian kings 

 having- always been regarded with tlie greatest veneration by their 

 subjects (a veneration that very properly continues among- Hawai- 

 ians living today), the recognition of the purposes of the Bisliop 

 Museum, and the conhdence slK)wn by this action, is not only a 

 matter of gratification to the institution, but indicates an intellectual 

 keenness and an appreciation of scientific knowledge on the part of 

 the Hawaiian peo])le not e(|ualled so far by any other race. 



ETHNOLOGY. 



.Mr. |. F. G. Stokes, the Curator of I'olynesian Ethnology, 

 reports : 



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