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all of which matters the Director has reported to the Trustees, and 
his communications to the Association have been published in its 
Annual Report lately issued. These reunions of curators and 
workers in the different museums of the country give the best 
possible opportunities for exchange of ideas and mutual encourage- 
ment, and it is hoped that at some future time the Association 
may meet here: such was the wish, I believe, of the majority of 
the members of the Association gathered in San Francisco. 
REPORT OF A TRIP TO SAN FRANCISCO AS DELEGATE REPRE- 
SENTING THE BISHOP MUSEUM AT THE MEETING OF THE 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS, JULY 6-9, IQI5. 
In rendering a report of my mission as your delegate to the 
San Francisco meeting of the American Association of Museums, 
I find it difficult to confine myself strictly to the doings of the four 
days of the meeting, there were so many interesting matters on 
the journey and during the days waiting for a steamer passage 
home; but I will, as briefly as possible, describe the meeting and 
its results. 
I arrived from Vancouver late on July 4th, and although 
Monday was a holiday it was utilized by first calling to secure 
my passage home on the Sierra, and then visiting the California 
Academy of Sciences in its temporary rooms on Sansome Street, 
to obtain preliminary information of the coming meeting. It was 
my good fortune to find there Dr. Dickerson, who furnished me 
with a programme of the expected work, and then showed me 
the splendid collection of Galapagos secured by the Academy 
Expedition. 
Tuesday morning we assembled in the hall of the Academy, 
and after the formal organization and reports, I was able to present 
our difficulties in regard to the duty on alcohol, and also our postal 
troubles. In both cases committees were appointed to consider 
the matter and bring it to the attention of the Federal Government. 
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