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especially to the Hawaiian Historical Society, the Territorial Gov- 
ernment through Mr. Lydecker, and the Catholic Mission through 
the Rev. Father Yzendoorn. From the Historical Society we re- 
ceived also a large quantity of books, pamphlets and parts in Eng- 
lish, including eight volumes and thirty-three parts of the J/7sszon- 
ary Flerald, 1846-1867, needed in completing our file. Letters from 
Father Coan, and other missionaries, giving descriptions of man- 
ners and customs in Hawaii and numerous observations on the 
volcano of Kilauea, make this series a valuable one for the Museum. 
‘‘Karly in the autumn a systematic effort was made to discover 
how many early Hawaiian newspapers and periodicals were still 
in existence in the homes of the people. With this object in view, 
more than a hundred letters were written to ministers, district 
magistrates, circuit court judges, legislative representatives and 
others on the different islands. We are indebted to the Rev. Henry 
P. Judd for assistance in regard to names and addresses. Many 
answers were received but only two of them could be considered 
favorable. One man wrote that he had kept files of several publi- 
cations, giving the list; the other replied that he had a few Hawaii- 
an papers which he did not care tosell. The result of this canvass 
shows that practically no files of Hawaiian publications are now in 
existence outside of institutions and the large libraries of collectors, 
and that what we have been able to collect is an important acqui- 
sition. 
“BINDING AND EXCHANGES.—One hundred and ninety-three 
books have been bound and the list of exchanges has been in- 
creased by four. 
“INDEXING. The indexing of the more important Pacific voy- 
ages is now fairly under way, four drawers of a card cabinet being 
now filled with the index to Cook’s last voyage (London, 1784. 
3 vols.) The ethnological subject headings are based largely on 
those used in Wofes and Queries on Anthropolog y—published for the 
British Association for the Advancement of Science—and Frazer’s 
Questions on the Customs, Beliefs and Languages of Savages. 
Although considerable work in the way of combining and revising 
must yet be done before it is in any sense complete, the index is 
now ready for use and in fact is now being used. Next will come 
an index of the same voyage by William Ellis, surgeon on the 
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