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The Curator has also made study of the interesting so-called 
‘‘shark-pens’’ near the mouth of Pearl Harbor, which the military 
authorities of the United States must destroy in the improvement 
of the harbor, and his results are given with this Report. 
Dr. Cooke has continued his laborious collection and examina- 
tion of the minute forms of Hawaiian Pulmonata, and has also 
been engaged in cataloguing the important collection of the late 
M. Ancey, now belonging to this Museum. Mr. J. W. Thompson 
has added many casts of fishes, fruits and also of stone imple- 
ments borrowed for this purpose, and these have been excellently 
colored to correspond with the originals. 
A work which enlisted all the forces of the Museum was the 
removal of all the collections in Hawaiian Hall from the cases to 
permit the repainting of the iron racks and brackets. These had 
originally been coated with a bituminous paint which the tere- 
binthine exhalation from the white cedar with which the cases are 
lined dissolved and made intolerably sticky. This was entirely 
removed from the many hundreds of brackets and racks, which 
were repainted with a more suitable material. The removal of 
specimens and shelves from sixty-two large cases required great 
care as well as labor, but it is hoped such a removal will not again 
be needed for a similar cause. 
The Director’s visit to Kilauea in August and September en- 
abled him to complete his notes on the history of that volcano, on 
which he has for some time been engaged, and this having been 
accepted by the Trustees is now passing through the press, and it 
is hoped will be issued in r909. ‘The extent of this paper (which 
will complete volume II of the Memoirs), and the number of the 
illustrations have delayed the publication, but it 1s intended to 
convey to those who have never visited these Islands some adequate 
idea of the appearance and activities of this most wonderful and 
accessible volcano: and recall to those who have been fortunate 
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