Director' s AnniLal Report. 5 



does not recognize the youth of the pidluresque old trees, is in dan- 

 ger of destrucftion that a few acres may be added to the canefields. 



Having occasion during my vacation to visit the cities of the 

 Atlantic seaboard I thought it desirable that Mr. Stokes should at 

 the same time visit the American museums, and the Trustees ac- 

 ceded to my wishes and granted him a leave of absence and an 

 appropriation for his expenses. His impressions of these museums 

 I have requested him to add to this Report. I felt that his ej-e 

 might notice improvements and desirable methods that might 

 escape ni}' examination, and we are so remote from all such insti- 

 tutions that it is very needful to stud}' their work, methods and 

 exhibits as thoroughly and as often as possible. 



Soon after the publication of the first Memoir the Trustees 

 decided that the edition of three hundred copies was not sufficient 

 to meet the demand and ordered the issue of an additional number. 

 This reprint has been commenced but has been delayed b}^ the 

 nonarrival of the colored plates made in Vienna. The printing 

 ofhce has been otherwise fully occupied in the preparation of the 

 second Memoir which was issued at the close of the year. This 

 was an Index of the Islands of the Pacific Ocean prepared by the 

 Direcftor, and the printing required great care and taste happil)^ met 

 by Mr. Greene. This and the Annual Report for 1899, which was 

 issued about the same time, full}- taxed the resources of the office. 

 The next publication in quarto form will be Mr. Bryan's Key to 

 the Hawaiian Birds, and this is well advanced. Much work has 

 also been done in photographing the illustrations for the fourth 

 Memoir which will be ready for printing during the current 3'ear. 

 This will be a description of ancient Hawaiian Stone Implements. 



By the kindness of Eric Knudseu Esq. the frame of an ancient 

 grass house was obtained from a remote valley on the northwest 

 coast of Kauai and Mr. W. E. H. Deverill attended to the difficult 

 transportation of the heavy stonecut logs composing this frame. 

 In due time this will be reerecled in the new hall and properly 

 thatched, thus preserving a genuine old Hawaiian house — Hale pili. 



