12 Director's Annual Report. 
W. M. Giffard; and carved ceremonial paddle from Mangaia, 
made by Edward M. Brigham, Curator of the Public School 
Museum, Battle Creek, Michigan. Of the staff both the Curators 
of Pulmonata and of Botany have made contributions which will 
be mentioned later in describing the field work. 
‘‘Of the purchases of the year by far the largest was the col- 
lection made by the brothers R. J. and Norman Etheridge of 
Sydney, numbering 416 specimens. This collection has been 
catalogued and temporarily placed in cases in the upper gallery 
of Hawaiian Hall. The Director will add a few notes on the more 
remarkable specimens. 
‘*A number of small purchases have been made of Hawaiian 
material. A very choice kapa of a pattern different to what we have 
in our collection, but figured on plate 37 of the Memoirs, Vol. III, 
was purchased from Mrs. J. H. Maby. Three hula ki’1, similar to 
the marionettes described by Dr. N. B. Emerson, were bought; also 
a lei claimed to have belonged to Kaumualii. An unusually large 
number of specimens of the plainer and less spectacular kind have 
been bought at the curiosity stores or at the door during the year, 
and the sellers have been encouraged to get more. By this means 
we have received two or three specimens absolutely new to us. 
‘In the class of relics the Kapiolani Estate kindly presented 
us with a lot of material found in the palace at Kailua, Hawaii. 
Included were what was described as photographs of Kameha- 
meha IV and Queen Emma, which proved to be very choice por- 
traits in oil by Burgess in 1856. 
‘‘This Curator has taken but three trips into the field during 
the year. One, in company of the Curator of Botany, was made 
to a cave on Oahu which was full of loose and scattered skeletons; 
as the owner of the land was known to be very sensitive on the sub- 
ject of removing skeletons, they were examined but not disturbed. 
‘*Professor von Luschan was conducted over the sand dunes at 
Waimanalo, and a few fragments of skeletons found. This locality 
yielding poor returns, an expedition was planned to some dunes 
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