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tensive work on the plans of the ancient heiau made by his own 
careful surveys on Hawaii. 
Dr. Cooke has continued his good work on the Hawaiian land 
shells and has been during the year appointed Curator of Pulmo- 
nata. As he has been able to establish his laboratory in his home 
he has suffered less than the other workers from insufficient ac- 
commodations. He has prepared an account of the H/awazian 
flelicine which is now in the hands of the Publication Committee. 
Mr. J. W. Thompson has continued his admirable casting and 
painting of the Fishes and Fruits until the results are most valu- 
able and interesting, and the extent of his work will be judged by 
the appended list of casts. 
In the Library the binding of more than five hundred volumes 
has been completed, adding greatly to the convenience of the 
Museum workers, and the increase has been satisfactory as will 
be seen by the list of accessions. We have also added somewhat 
to our exchange list. An additional case has been procured for the 
constantly increasing cards of the Concilium Bibliographicum, a 
collection very valuable in this place remote from large libraries. 
The Museum Press has issued only the Annual Report for 
1906, but has been occupied with printing the third part of Volume 
II of the Memoirs, ‘‘The Ancient Hawaiian House’’, by the 
Director. It is hoped that this may be completed during the cur- 
rent year. Other papers have been prepared but were not ready 
for press during the past year. 
The Deverill collection of Hawaiian ethnology which has been 
stored in the Museum for some time, has been finally purchased 
for the Museum by the C. R. Bishop Trust and will soon be incor- 
porated with the general collection. If Mr. Deverill could have 
lived long enough to write his notes on the articles comprising his 
collection its value would have been greatly enhanced, for he was 
a careful observer and his knowledge of native ways was uncom- 
monly extensive. It is intended to offer notes on some of the rarer 
objects in the Museum publications. 
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