
Lirrector's Annual Report. 5 
by Mr. C. N. Forbes of the Staff; and 2335 by others. Forty-one 
days were spent in the field, and eighty-six localities visited on 
Molokai, Kauai and West Maui. Specimens were received from 
the following collectors :— Prof. H. EK. Crampton, J. Waterhouse, 
eopaliding, H. Meyer, D. Thaanum, E. Deverill, A. F. Judd, 
R. von Holt, C. H. and R. A. Cooke. Various papers on concho- 
logical subjects, have been contributed to Pilsbry’s Manual of 
Conchology. 
In the department of Botany, the field work includes a visit to 
Maui, extending from the latter part of May, to the early part of 
August, during which a week was spent in camping in the crater 
of Haleakala, where fine specimens of the Silversword were 
obtained in flower. The summit peak of West Maui was explored, 
also the valleys and ridges back of Lahaina and Wailuku and the 
Hana region, with Nahiku and the country between Keanae and 
Kipahulu. The Curator Mr. Forbes, reports his work much 
expedited by the kindness of Messrs. C. J. Austin, W. H. Field, 
H. J. Howell, C. EH. Meyers, L. von Tempsky and W. Weinz- 
heimer. On Oahu the field work has been mainly among the 
valleys and ridges of the western division. Exchanges have been 
continued with the Botanic Garden at Sydney, N. S. W., with 
Mr. E. D. Merrill of the Bureau of Science, Manila; with the 
Herbarium of Prince Roland Bonaparte, Paris. A valuable 
collection of 300 Philippine plants was purchased from the col- 
lector Mr. A. D. E. Elmer, who is making the most important 
collections in the Philippine Islands at present. Specimens have 
been added to the Herbarium also by Messrs J. M. Lydgate and 
J. W. Thompson. 
The attendance for the year is smaller than last year by 834; 
the total of whites is 734 greater than last year, and there is an 
increase in all nationalities, except the Japanese who fall behind 
last year’s record by 1885, accounting for the total deficit. 
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