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expense than at present. The rooms allotted to this purpose could 

 hardly be improved. The light is admirable in all parts, the}- are 

 cool, with painted, solid concrete floors, and sufficient space. 

 Besides the actual printing our assistant printer has been fully and 

 usefully occupied in library work, preparing and arranging index 

 cards, and in the more convenient arrangement of cases and books. 

 Mr. Greene, our head printer, during his vacation visited the 

 coast and carefully studied the most recent improvements in the 

 printer's art, the advantages of which we hope to reap in our future 

 publications. In spite of the drawbacks mentioned it is felt that 

 the labor of making the treasures of the Museum accessible to the 

 many institutions on our exchange list has been well done, and 

 the progress made gives pleasing promise of the results to be ob- 

 tained in the coming years. 



The matter of housing and distributing our publications has 

 been simplified greatly by the provision of a commodious room 

 with ample presses for storage, and conveniences for packing and 

 mailing. Only two new institutions have been added to our ex- 

 change list which is printed below. 



I^ibrary. The list of accessions given below will show the 

 character of the increase to our working library, but it may be 

 stated here that the number of books and pamphlets received dur- 

 ing the year is as follows : 



In the ordinary course of purchase or exchange 448 



Separates on Crustacea, Kirkaldy estate* 300 



Kaiulani collection , books t 28 



Kaiulani collection, pamphlets 232 



In all 808 



In addition to these are the parts of Memoirs and Proceedings 

 of learned societies which will be reckoned when complete volumes 



*The late G. W. Kirkaldy, entomologist of the experiment station of the 

 Planters' Association was a man of great knowledge in his profession and of 

 most extensive reading; he was preparing to take up, as an avocation, the study 

 of our local crustaceans, and his collection of "separates" was very valuable. 



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