REPORT 



'T'HE year 1908 has been memorable for the retirement of the 

 * President of the Museum Trustees, Honorable Sanford B. Dole, 

 from the Board, to the sincere regret of ever}- member of the 

 Museum staff and, it may be added with truth, of all who take 

 genuine interest in this Museum, for long before Mr. Bishop de- 

 cided to found the Memorial which bears the honored name of his 

 wife, Mr. Dole was keen in the belief that such a museum was 

 needed. His correspondence with me at that time was full of 

 interest, and when the foundation was decided upon, Mr. Dole 

 urged the selection of a site in town, preferably the old estate of 

 Paki where Mr. and Mrs. Bishop long made their home a most 

 hospitable centre. 



When the charge of the young museum was transferred from 

 the Trustees of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Trust to a new board 

 consisting of these gentlemen and two especial representatives of 

 the Museum, Mr. Dole, then President of the Republic of Hawaii, 

 was first named for the position by Mr. Bishop, and from that 

 time, as president of the new board, he has shown his great inter- 

 est in the affairs of the institution and by this interest has greatly 

 encouraged all who were striving for the success of the Bernice 

 Pauahi Bishop Museum in its appointed field. 



Mr. Charles Noyes Forbes of the University of California, 

 warmly recommended to me by Professor Setchell, has been ap- 

 pointed Assistant in Botany and he has taken hold of his work 

 with skill and energy since his arrival on June 15th. With the 

 Director he visited the Kilauea region in August and made a valu- 

 able collection of the plants found there, and he has since explored 



the ranges and valleys in the vicinity of Honolulu, extending his 



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