The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-04-09

crew, including a keeper. The Light
house Board will contribute models
and drawings of lighthouses, buoys
of various kinds, with their moorings,
fog signals and other paraphernalia
belonging to the service.
A feature of the exhibit by the Bu-
reau of Engraving and Printing will
be engraved portraits of the presi-
dents of the United States from the
time of Washington to 1893, together
with portraits of other distinguished
Americans.
The Fish Commission will make a
comprehensive display illustrating
the fisheries and fish resources of the
United States. Appliances and
methods employed in scientific re-
search of fishery grounds will be
represented by models and by the
actual instruments used. The de-
velopment of economic fishes will be
illustrated by actual specimens, show
ing all stages in the life and history
of fish and fish culture by diagrams
and mounted specimens. It is pro-
posed to have this portion of the
exhibit SO arranged that anyone can
examine with microscope every
stage of development. Methods and
statistics of fisheries will be illus
trated by a tabulated statement of
statistics and published treatises.
With this will be everything that
can be included in a fish exposition,
such as fishing vessels, boats and
their equipment. There will be
models showing the development of
fishing vessels and fishing appliances
from the discovery of America to the
present era, and the apparatus now
used in the capture of fish and other
animals which constitute the objects
of the fisheries. 1t is also the inten-
ton to have large aquarial exhibit,
in which will be shown both the fresh
| and salt water fishes Of economic i'm
portance. A wonderful sight will be
the fish ways, or ladder apparatus, to
enable fish to go over dams, which
will be practically illustrated in run
ming water.
The Smithsonian Institute will
shoI its own history and the general
results of its work, including its ex-
plorations and meteorological obser-
vations. It will also set forth the
history of American science and ex-
ploration from the time of the dis
covery of the continent to the present
day, together with a collection of
portraits of representative scientific
men of the world, so far as they have
been associated with the development
of scientific thought in America.
The National Museum will illus
trate the natural resources of the
country, paying special attention to
the animal resources. Specimens of
! all kinds of animals, mounted by the
best taxidermists in the country, will
be exhibited. ali the methods of
hunting employed by uncivilized
man in America will be illustrated,
and there will be a display of the
various products of the animal king
dom used by man in the arts and
industries.
The Bureau of Ethnology viii
make a feature of American archie
ology. This will include models
drawings and photographs of ancien
, Indian mounds, illustrating Their
construction. Another department
will be devoted % the archaeology o
the ancient Pueblo region in tn,
: south western part of the United
/ States. 1t will comprise models o
many important ruins, supplemented
: by models of many of the Pueblo
now inhabited, for comparative
, study.
, The Geological Survey will exhibi
: | instruments and methods of work
f together with complete series O
= the atlas sheets SO far completed b
the survey. There will also be model
! of some of the regions of special in
! terest to biologists. Another depart
t ment will be devoted to the mineral
q of the country. Should sufficien
/ money be granted, it is proposed t