pene OR: TE 
HE year 1908 has been memorable for the retirement of the 
President of the Museum Trustees, Honorable Sanford B. Dole, 
from the Board, to the sincere regret of every member of the 
Museum staff and, it may be added with truth, of all who take 
genuine interest in this Museum, for long before Mr. Bishop de- 
cided to found the Memorial which bears the honored name of his 
wife, Mr. Dole was keen in the belief that such a museum was 
needed. His correspondence with me at that time was full of 
interest, and when the foundation was decided upon, Mr. Dole 
urged the selection of a site in town, preferably the old estate of 
Paki where Mr. and Mrs. Bishop long made their home a most 
hospitable centre. 
When the charge of the young museum was transferred from 
the Trustees of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Trust to a new board 
consisting of these gentlemen and two especial representatives of 
the Museum, Mr. Dole, then President of the Republic of Hawaii, 
was first named for the position by Mr. Bishop, and from that 
time, as president of the new board, he has shown his great inter- 
est in the affairs of the institution and by this interest has greatly 
encouraged all who were striving for the success of the Bernice 
Pauahi Bishop Museum in its appointed field. 
Mr. Charles Noyes Forbes of the University of California, 
warmly recommended to me by Professor Setchell, has been ap- 
pointed Assistant in Botany and he has taken hold of his work 
with skill and energy since his arrival on June 15th. With the 
Director he visited the Kilauea region in August and made a valu- 
able collection of the plants found there, and he has since explored 
the ranges and valleys in the vicinity of Honolulu, extending his 
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