1 8 Diirctor's Anyiual Report. 



For placing or removing these heav>- cases the very conveni- 

 ent hoisting apparatus of the Economy Engineering Company of 

 Chicago has been found of great service, as one man can use it as 

 a truck, or hoist looo pounds to a height of 7.7 feet, while the 

 jointed uprights permit it to pass through a door 6.5 feet high or 

 on an ordinary lift. 



These steel cases were made by the Art Metal Construction 

 Company of Jamestown, N. Y., and as the feather cloaks — although 

 kept in a room darkened as far as possible while still allowing 

 vision when the visitor's ej^e became accustomed to the shade — 

 were found to be fading perceptibly, this company was called upon 

 to make a steel case according to the designs of the Director that 

 would keep securely the choice cloaks and capes, while permitting 

 an occasional exhil)ition. The case idea was suggested by a very 

 good one in the Dresden Museum, but the construction for our own 

 needs was quite different. It is well shown in Fig. 5. Its dimen- 

 sions are, 10.5 feet in length, 7 feet in height, and 2 feet in depth. 

 Ordinarily it stands against the wall quite out of the way, but at the 

 left hand front corner is a pivot firmly planted in the masonry of the 

 floor on which the whole case readily turns supported on wheels 

 8 inches from the floor. Within the end door are six frames covered 

 with unbleached cotton cloth, which slide out freely, and when 

 drawn out are supported on a movable trestle. To these frames on 

 both sides are attached by a number of points the cloaks spread to 

 their full extent, but supported in so many places, in all readily de- 

 tachable, that little strain is brought upon the fabric (Figs. 6, 7). 



The opening of the upper gallery of Hawaiian Hall in October 

 made a transfer of the botanical exhibit, including the excellent 

 casts of fruits indigenous to or grown in this Territory-, possible, 

 leaving needed room for the increasing series of fish casts. We 

 had already placed in this gallery relics of the ancient chiefs and 

 the thrones and more modern relics of Hawaiian royalty, and also 

 some loan collections of Hawaiian matters. To these have been 

 added temporaril}' collections of Australian and western Pacific 



islands for which no space remained in Polvnesian Hall. All this 



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