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of this sort have also been made with Mr. Spencer Bickerton for photographs and 

 books relating to the Pacific, with Prof. C. A. Kofoid for zoological books, and 

 with Mr. Cyril Smith for a set of Wilkes Exploring Expedition. Other similar 

 exchanges ha\c been made. 



piRcii.\si;s 



The books acquired by purchase in 1922 have been chiefly of general reference, 

 maps, atlases, a gazetteer, and zoological hooks and pamphlets. Tlie atlases have 

 been much needed. The scientific journals currently received by subscription are 

 22, including 13 American and 9 foreign periodicals. The subjects represented are 

 general science 3, anthropology and archaeology 3, botany 7, geography 2, library 

 science i, zoology 6. 



A summary of accessions in 1922 is shown in the following table: 



Parts and 



Volumes Pamphlets Photographs Maps Manuscripts 



Exchange .i!ii mSj 17 ^5 



Purchase (i.S ^5 4 



Gift 33 535 234 "4 



449 2013 251 29 14 



LO.ANS AND DEPOSITS 



In 1921 Mr. A. F. Judd placed on deposit at the Museum his colleclion 

 of Hawaiiana. A card index has been made of 280 of the books. These are now 

 available for use. Mrs. Victoria Buffandeau has placed on deposit a number of 

 manuscripts relating to the history of the Sumner family. 



-\ valuable loan was received from the Carnegie Institution of Washington in 

 manuscripts, papers, maps, literary notes and other materials including 38 items 

 bequeathed to the Carnegie Institution by Mr. William Churchill. One item of this 

 loan is 30 boxes of cards representing the progress Mr. Churchill had made toward 

 the preparation of a Samoan-English Dictionary. The manuscript dictionary is 

 considered by the Carnegie Institution the most valuable portion of the betpiest. 



CIRCUL.\TION .\ND USE OF BOOKS 



The number of books taken out of the library for use by the members of the 

 stafT and others has largely increased in the past two years. Several Museum 

 associates living on the mainland and elsewhere have had the use of books for long 

 periods and books have been borrowed by Honolulu libraries. In 1922 the zoo- 

 logical books and the accounts of voyages were most in use. 



