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PROPOSED  VOLCANO  LABORATORY. 
The  special  committee  recently  appointed  to  secure  the 
necessary  local  contribution  towards  the  seismic  observatory 
proposed  to  be  established  on  Hawaii  by  the  Massachusetts 
Institute  of  Technology,  has  met  with  encouraging  support, 
and  it  is  announced  that  more  than  two-thirds  of  the  requisite 
annual  grant  has  been  provided. 
Professor  Jaggar,  who  lately  presented  the  plan,  has  now 
left  for  Boston  to  complete  arrangements  with  the  Institute 
for  the  inception  of  the  work.  He  proposes  to  return  in  Octo- 
ber accompanied  by  the  specialists  who  will  remain  in  charge 
of  the  laboratory. 
Professor  Daly  is  now  on  Hawaii  making  a preliminary 
study  of  its  volcanoes  with  a view  to  future  work  in  connec- 
tion with  the  proposed  observatory. 
HAWAIIAN  FISHES  AT  SEATTLE.. 
A notable  achievement  has  been  scored  by  the  safe  transport 
of  a collection  of  Hawaiian  fishes  to  the  Alaskan  exhibition. 
The  great  susceptibility  of  aquatic  life  to  change  of  tempera- 
ture and  the  difficulty  of  maintaining  suitable  conditions  dur- 
ing a long  sea  voyage  rendered  the  experiment  of  transferring 
the  collection  an  extremely  difficult  one.  The  fish  were  con- 
veyed on  the  U.  S.  Army  transport  Dix  in  charge  of  Mr.  F.  A. 
Potter,  superintendent  of  the  Honolulu  Aquarium.  The  bril- 
liant coloring  of  the  Hawaiian  fishes  and  the  grotesque  and 
fantastic  shape  of  many  of  the  species  should  prove  an  attrac- 
tive feature  of  the  local  exhibit. 
ENORMOUS  SUGAR  CROP. 
The  dual  mill  of  the  Hawaiian  Commercial  & Sugar  Com- 
pany on  Maui  has  just  closed  down  after  a record  run  of  grind- 
ing without  a stop  since  November.  During  this  time  fifty- 
two  thousand  seven  hundred  and  twenty-five  tons  of  sugar 
were  produced  from  a little  more  than  three  hundred  and 
seventy-six  thousand  tons  of  cane.  A brief  'consideration  of 
these  figures,  which  relate  to  only  one  plantation,  give  some 
idea  of  the  magnitude  the  Hawaiian  sugar  crop  is  assuming. 
