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uamed b}- Dr. Vaughan of the National Museum, Washington. 

 A number of new species was the result of this examination. Mr. 

 Stokes' work in surveying the ruined temples of Hawaii has 

 alread}- been mentioned. 



Dr. Cooke's work can be seen b}- reference to his report, but 

 his modest}' has concealed the real extent of work done for the 

 Museum in the hot summer time in Philadelphia. His notes on 

 Hawaiian shells, transcribed from books not in our librar}-, give 

 us the equivalent of a large number of volumes for working mate- 

 rial in the study of our molluscan fauna. It is to be hoped that 

 other results of his careful and laborious work will shortly appear 

 in our publications. 



Mr. L. G. Blackman, as Librarian, has helped the growth of 

 our library, and has prepared more than 500 volumes for the 

 binder. The list of accessions to the library will show that some 

 ver}- valuable works have been added both by purchase and ex- 

 change. Mr. Blackman has also, during the absence of Mr. Stokes, 

 attended to the accounts and registry. 



Mr. J. W. Thompson has continued his very successful work 

 of casting and painting the Hawaiian fishes and has added a num- 

 ber of rare specimens to our collection, which now numbers about 

 175, with many casts not finished. Several of the casts are of fish 

 not described in the report of the United States Fish Commission. 

 Mr. Thompson has also made casts of uncommon fruits such as 

 the Durian, sent to us by Hon. S. W. Wilcox of Kauai; Mamee 

 Apple from St. Louis College; the Bel from Aubrey Robinson, Esq., 

 of Kauai; the Lucuma, from Mr. E. W. Jordan, of Honolulu. We 

 may hope to have, in time, a large colle(5lion of tropical fruits in 

 casts remarkably true to Nature, and durable as w'ell. 



The attendance of visitors for the year has not equalled that 

 of 1905 by 2S02. This has been partly due to the storm}' month 

 of December, when the attendance was hardly one-half the aver- 

 age. The number of tourists has greatly decreased, and also the 



