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must be a consensus and collaboration. We here in the midst of 

 the Pacific will edit and publish the results. Our collections of 

 Hawaiian material are larger than any other, and our collections 

 from other parts of Polynesia are perhaps more representative than 

 those of any museum I have seen (with the exception of certain 

 collections in the museums of New Zealand). Our library has 

 been formed largely in view of some such work, and the author of 

 this report has been for some years collecting material for a 

 "catalogue" of what is known about these Hawaiian Islands (not 

 a history — that has been made by other hands and on other lines), 

 but a reference catalogue, chronologically arranged, of the reports 

 of the doings of the Hawaiian people and their manufactures. If 

 his life is prolonged to finish this, it may come, should it be found 

 useful, to be the first of a series of similar catalogues covering the 

 Pacific region. 



This suggested work seems greatly needed, and with the 

 cooperation of some of the most completely furnished museums 

 could be carried out by the Director with perhaps two assistants 

 to collate the material and select from the voyages such data as 

 are needed. Much has been collected towards such a purpose 

 in the present journey, and I cannot doubt that museums would 

 furnish for such purpose complete lists of their possessions from 

 the Pacific region. 



The Director deems this one of the most important matters 

 brought to his attention on this journey, and it might show all 

 curators of museums what is to be done when the mines of Pacific 

 islands manufactures are exhausted, as those of Polynesia are 

 essentially at present. It looks a little like settling the estate of a 

 deceased person, but there are those now in being who will prob- 

 ably see the last of the Polynesians as we have seen the last of the 

 Tasmanians and Moriori, and at any rate their native manufactures 

 are mostly moribund. [4 l6 J 



