10 Director's Report for rors. 
PLB RAE YG 
The Librarian, Miss E. B. Higgins, reports an unprecedented 
number of newspapers in the native language received from var- 
ious sources during the year. 
Until the beginning of the twentieth century, the vernacular news- 
papers comprised almost the sole native literature published, and they ~ 
covered a transition period in native life but lightly touched upon by 
foreign observers. Being also the means of the natives’ exposition of their 
own customs and folk-lore (although their intellectual leaders were 
educated and inspired by foreigners) the Librarian has made many efforts 
during the past few years to complete the early files. The largest contri- 
bution so far received came this year from the basement of Kawaiahao 
Church in Honolulu, from which thirty-four sacks and thirty-nine trunks 
ot papers and native school books were taken. These were cleaned and 
sorted, and the duplicates—the greater bulk—were returned. 
A smaller accession yielding greater proportionate results was the pur- 
chase of the files of a native minister which included in addition to many 
other fragmentary sets the following thirty-five complete or nearly complete 
volumes: Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, 24; Ke Aloha Aina, 2; Ka Makaainana, 7; 
Ka Loea Kalaiaina, 2: 
Local periodicals are now represented in the Library by seventy-five 
titles, classifed as follows: English, 41; Hawaiian, 32; Portuguese, 1; 
Chinese, 1; the earliest date is 1834. 
The files of scientific journals have been added to by purchase, gift 
and exchange, but numerous vacancies were still left as many parts and 
numbers were out of print. The lack was partly supplied by approaching the 
contributing authors—a mode suggested by Dr. Herbert E. Gregory on a 
visit early in the year. ‘Twenty-one journals were added by subscription. 
The distribution of scientife journals in the Museum Library, is 
approximately as follows: 
Archaeology, anthropology and ethnology............ 41 
Nattinal® Elistoity-p.2 6202s at heer 2 eee sere 38 
Botany aesees eee eee ea See AS eal 
Gonchologyy fae ee ee ee 2 I 
PA CKO) Cover KCrcatep ell, eens Cee OW eee ee 26) 
Qian © gy; Pare a ree ee 2 
NMMoUiScagh = 5 ak feet erry ee ee renters. ee 2 
IM CIG SCO [ives ese ee ee ee ee ink ete I 
Ceographiyj a Be nat net nae a eee 6 
General-Sciencer =. sree. eee eee TS 
Geology 5. ee eee ree ee are eee he ae 7 
IN MbI SNM: So ee PR Se ec eet See St 
Miiscelllarne Gis 7, wc eee ee ee (e) 
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