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accomplished by the liberal appropriations of the Trustees. In 
May, we lost the services of Miss Schupp, who had charge of the 
Library for several years, as she became Mrs. Paul Messchaert. 
Until September, when her successor took office, Mr. Stokes had 
charge. I would here record our entire satisfaction with Miss 
Schupp’s work and the regret of the entire Staff at her departure. 
Miss E. B. Higgins has been Librarian since September, 1910. 
In the department of Entomology, Mr. Swezey has done much 
work in arranging and relabelling the extensive collection of 
Hawaiian insects. He reports this as in good preservation. 
In the department ot Ethnology, Mr. Stokes has continued 
his researches on Hawaiian Fish-ponds and Walled Fish-traps, 
visiting Molokai and taking measurements and photographs from 
Kaumanamana to Kaluaaha on the southern coast. This inves- 
tigation has been extended over the other Hawaiian islands, and 
by correspondence to the other Polynesian groups. I regard this 
work as of special importance as modern changes in the methods 
of fish capture and preservation, and the new demands of commerce 
and war preparation, are destroying these ancient constructions, 
and the knowledge of their use is fast vanishing from the memories 
of the old Hawaiians, and by the correspondence, we find that 
even on the other groups, little can now be gathered. In addition 
to the care of the Library as mentioned already, Mr. Stokes had 
entire charge of the Museum, during the absence of the Director 
from the islands, for five weeks. 
Of the gifts to the Museum, one by Rev. W. D. Westervelt, 
of specimens in stone and pottery collected by him in Mexico, 
deserves special mention. Among the loan collections, is a very 
interesting one of relics of the Alii, deposited by Her Majesty 
Liliuokalani. 
In the department of Pulmonata, Dr. Cooke reports the num- 
ber of Pulmonata added to the collections during the year, was 
24204 catalogued under 1811 numbers; 19501 by the Curator; 2368 
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