Report of the Director for i()22 15 



To the regular exchange hst which now numbers 184 the following 

 names have been added : Academy of Science of St. Louis ; Mr. Percy 

 S. Allen, Editor of Pacific Islands Handbook; Asia Publishing Company; 

 Auckland Public Library, Art Gallery and Old Colonists' Museum ; 

 Australian Central Weather Bureau ; Botanical Survey of South Africa ; 

 Colorado College ; Dove Marine Laboratory ; Folk-Lore Society ; For- 

 mosan Government Research Institute ; Matson Navigation Company ; 

 Mexico Direccion de Estudios Biologices ; Pacific Biological Station ; 

 Philippine Bureau of Agriculture ; Pomona College ; Princeton University 

 Library ; Royal Geographical Society ; Royal Society of London ; Royal 

 Society of Tasmania : Scripps Institution for Biological Research ; So- 

 ciedade Brasileira de Sciencias ; Transvaal Museum : Library, L^. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture. 



The contract to print the publications of the Museum, which termi- 

 nated April I. has been re -a warded to the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Limited. 



By vote of the Trustees the Museum staff has undertaken the prepara- 

 tion of a Handbook descriptive of the collections in the exhibition halls and 

 of a pamphlet containing a sketch of the history, scope, and policy of the 

 institution. 



SPECIAL TOPICS 

 Expedition's 



During the first ten years of the Museum activities, no systematic field 

 exploration appears to have been undertaken by the staff. The Trustees, 

 however, early recognized the desirability of building up extensive collec- 

 tions which might serve as basis for scientific study. Their liberal financial 

 support was given for a comprehensive study of the land fauna of Hawaii 

 (1892-1901) — a series of investigations which resulted in the publication of 

 Fauna Hawaiiensis, notable alike for its scientific value and for its demon- 

 stration of the advantage of co-operation. 



In his report for 1899 the Director expressed the hope that studies 

 similar to those represented by Fauna Hawaiiensis might be extended to 

 regions outside of the Hawaiian Islands. In response to this suggestion 

 provision was made in 1900 for a study of the birds and fishes of Guam 

 by Alvin Scale, which resulted in large additions to the Museum collec- 

 tions (See Report of a mission to Guam: Occ. Papers, Vol. i, p. 17-128), 

 During 1902 William Alanson Bryan spent one week on the little known 

 Marcus Island and two days on Midway Island making collections which 

 led to the publication of "A monograph of Marcus Island" (Occ. Papers 

 II, No. I, p. 77-139, 1903) and "A report of a visit to Midway Island" 

 (Occ. Papers II, No. 4, pp. 37-45, 1906). On Mr. Scale's return from 

 Guam his services were again obtained for an expedition to the South 



