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Much less success has attended the efforts of the Diredlor to 

 obtain for the information of visitors products of these islands. 

 The colledlion of samples is growing slowly but not by the help of 

 the producers who should be most interested. No plantation has 

 ever sent a specimen of sugar, rice, tea, fibres or fruit. I have by 

 purchase in the market or by the kindness of individuals collected 

 a number of typical produ(5ls which will be on exhibition when 



FIG. 8. 



cases are proA-ided for Hawaiian Hall, and it is hoped that then 

 colored casts of the many tropical fruits raised in private gardens 

 may be added to the exhibition. Moulds of a number of rare 

 fruits have been made by the Direcftor. 



Exploration. In Oclober, with Mr. J. F. G. Stokes, the 

 Diredfor at the instance of the Trustees visited Hawaii to measure 

 and critically examine the heiau of Wahiula, a temple originally 

 built by Paao when he made land in Puna and twice rebuilt. It 

 was the last to yield to the advance of Christianity, and as it is in 



