18 Director's Annual Report. 
For placing or removing these heavy cases the very conveni- 
eut 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 1000 pounds toa 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 eye 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 exhibition. "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 shownin 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 temporarily collections of Australian and western Pacific 
islands for which no space remained in Polynesian Hall. All this 
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