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station already established are there such ideal conditions for 

 study, and should it be announced that we desired a marine zoolo- 

 gist many would be the applicants for such a chance for original 

 investigation. To those who rate highly the discovery of new 



species our reefs offer a rich field, for in the collections made in 

 three days by the members of the present staff on this island 

 and on Molokai, none of them specialists in marine zoology, Dr. 

 Vaughn, of the United States National Museum, found a dozen 

 new species, some of great interest. Surely this mine is not yet 

 worked out: it is easily accessible and vastly attractive. But to 

 those who desire to know more of the structure and life history of 

 the reef-dwellers a more convenient place for study can hardly be 

 desired than here found on our reels. 



In the deed which established the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 

 as an independent institution, definite reference was made by the 

 founder to the possible establishment, under the auspices of this 

 museum, of a Marine Aquarium for the study of life on our reefs 

 and the public exhibition of their most interesting inhabitants in a 

 living condition. While the funds are not at hand for such an 

 establishment as should be on this island, much can be done with 

 the conveniences of the new laboratory to collect and study the 

 smaller "Harvest of the Sea," and it is hoped that another year 

 may see the department of Marine Zoology inaugurated. 



It would be pleasant to anticipate some of the many advan- 

 tages to accrue from the possession of suitable work- and store- 

 rooms, but it is perhaps wiser to wait until we move into and try 

 our new domain, and are able to install the apparatus brought 

 from Berlin fourteen years ago. After such an interval we can 

 surely wait another twelvemonth. 



From the things that may be in the future we turn to some of 

 those in hand, and it is pleasant to call attention to the gift by the 

 Hon. Wm. R. Castle of perhaps the most valuable single collection 

 we have received by gift. I had been in correspondence with one 



of the Australian pioneers, Mr. J. F. Connellv, a surveyor who 



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