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The Curator has also made study of the iuteresting so-called 

 "shark-pens" near the mouth of Pearl Harbor, which the military 

 authorities of the United States must destroy in the improvement 

 of the harbor, and his results are given with this Report. 



Dr. Cooke has continued his laborious collection and examina- 

 tion of the minute forms of Hawaiian Pulmonata, and has also 

 been engaged in cataloguing the important collection of the late 

 M. Ancey, now belonging to this Museum. Mr. J. W. Thompson 

 has added many casts of fishes, fruits and also of stone imple- 

 ments borrowed for this purpose, and these have been excellently 

 colored to correspond with the originals. 



A work which enlisted all the forces of the Museum was the 

 removal of all the collections in Hawaiian Hall from the cases to 

 permit the repainting of the iron racks and brackets. These had 

 originally been coated with a bituminous paint which the tere- 

 binthine exhalation from the white cedar with which the cases are 

 lined dissolved and made intolerably sticky. This was entirely 

 removed from the many hundreds of brackets and racks, which 

 were repainted with a more suitable material. The removal of 

 specimens and shelves from sixty-two large cases required great 

 care as well as labor, but it is hoped such a removal will not again 

 be needed for a similar cause. 



The Director's visit to Kilauea in August and September en- 

 abled him to complete his notes on the history of that volcano, on 

 which he has for some time been engaged, and this having been 

 accepted by the Trustees is now passing through the press, and it 

 is hoped will be issued in 1909. The extent of this paper (which 

 will complete volume II of the Memoirs), and the number of the 

 illustrations have delayed the publication, but it is intended to 

 convey to those who have never visited these Islands some adequate 

 idea of the appearance and activities of this most wonderful and 



accessible volcano : and recall to those who have been fortunate 



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