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Pacific, which had for its primary purpose liie collection of fishes. During 

 the period November 9, 1900 to September 21, 1903, visits were made by 

 Mr. Seale to the Society, Marquesas, Tuamotu, Gambier, Austral, New 

 Hebrides and Solomon island groups and 1550 specimens representing 375 

 species of fishes were obtained. ( See Fishes of the South Pacific : Occ. 

 Papers, Vol. IV, No. i, pp. 3-89, 1906). 



During each year of the period 1909-1913 Charles N. Forbes, Bota- 

 nist, devoted approximately three consecutive months to systematic ex- 

 ploration on Kauai (1909), Maui (1910), Hawaii (1911), Molokai (1912). 

 and Lanai (1913) ; and in 1913 Mr. Cooke made an excursion to Palmyra 

 Island. With these exceptions, field work during the period 1903-1919 

 appears to have consisted of short trips by members of the staff for the 

 purpose of increasing the collections and to procure data needed in the 

 preparation of manuscript for publication. 



In general, the records show that the collections belonging to the 

 Museum have been acquired chiefly by gift and purchase and that much 

 of the valuable material contributed by members of the staff has been 

 gathered incidentally and not infrequently in vacation periods and at the 

 expense of the collector. 



It seems unlikely tliat materials a(le(|uatc for scientific invcstis^ation 

 are to be continuously obtained through the methods heretofore utilized. 

 Gifts of valuable small collections will doubtless increase with the increase 

 in the number of the friends of the Museum ; but most of the desirable 

 private collections have already found a permanent place in the halls of 

 scientific institutions, and miscellaneous collections resulting from brief 

 field trips will not serve the needs of investigators dealing with the ex- 

 panding problems within the scope of the activities of the Museum. 

 Future enlargement of the collections for study and for exhibition must 

 come chiefly from definitely organized field work by the staff, from ex- 

 changes, and from institutions associated with the Museum in co-operative 

 exploration. 



With these ideas in mind the policy has been adopted of making 

 systematic field surveys in anthropology, botany, and zoology, under ar- 

 rangements which provide time and funds for the completion of the 

 project in hand. (See Report of the Director for 1919: Occ. Papers, 

 Vol. VII, No. 8, 1920.) The results have been satisfactory. During 1919 

 a botanical survey of east Maui and a study of the ancient asylum of 

 refuge at Honaunau were completed. During 1920 an ethnological survey 

 of Haleakela was completed, and the field work of the Bayard Dominick 

 Expedition began — a series of investigations which, continued through 



