principal recipient and final depository of the first series of the 

 material to be gathered by the survey. The general accessibility 

 of the museum to students residing on the shores of the great ocean, 

 coupled with the nature and value of the collections already perma- 

 nently stored within its halls, no less than the important part that 

 the museum will doubtless take in the work of exploration, are 

 among the many points that might be urged in favor of such a 

 disposition of the type material. 



However, the final disposition of the material in the Bishop 

 Museum, after it has been worked out by the Institution, would 

 seem to be a matter for treaty, conditioned among other things on 

 the museum's early and helpful affihation with the Pacific Scien- 

 tific Institution. Also some definite expression of the museum's 

 willingness to make the necessary provisions for the permanent 

 storing, exhibition, and conservation of the material that would 

 fall to its share by this arrangement would be necessary. In order 

 to make the material gathered accessible to workers in all parts of 

 the world it is suggested that the U. S. National Museum be made 

 the recipient of the second set of material. The third set of speci- 

 mens should be distributed among the leading specialists actually 

 engaged in the systematic work. It would invariably gravitate by 

 bequest or purchase to the institution most interested in the spe- 

 cialty in question. 



PUBLICATION OF THE INSTITUTION 



The publication of the results of such an exploration as has been 

 outlined in the preceding pages is no inconsiderable part of the 

 whole undertaking. It is hoped that in time the printing and 

 illustrating will be done in a plant under the control of the Insti- 

 tution. The regular publications of the Institution will be in two 

 forms, i. e., memoirs — quarto, and papers — octavo. It is estimated 

 that there will be on an average five thick quarto volumes for each 

 group of islands visited. The reports on each group will be as 

 complete as possible and will constitute a biological and ethno- 

 logical survey of the group as a unit. Each subject dealt with 

 will in every case be treated by a specialist. 



The smaller octavo series is to receive the miscellaneous papers 



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