The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-24
British Government Donates Eff
ty Volumes Of Research
RESULT OF CHALLENGER VOYAGE
H. 3. N. Commissioner Hawes Made Pre-
senta1ion Yesterday Gift Valued al S4OO
Accepted ty Or. c. N. Hyde on Behalf OF
the Trustees Of the Bishop Museum.

There was very interesting func-
ton at the B. P. Bishop Museum yes
terday morning, when H. B. NJ. Com
missioner HAYES presented to the
Trustees a full set of the 90 volumes
which give the Scientific Result of the
Challenger Expedition, 1S72-76. Ma
jor HAYES was accompanied by H. B
NJ. Consul General T. r. Walker.
Reaching the Museum at II a. m.
the party was escorted to the Lower
Hall of the Museum, where the book
had been arranged for presentation.
In making formal presentation OF
this very valuable series, each volume
bringing at the booksellers eight
dollars, Major Halves spoke of the per-
sOnal pleasure he had in acting on this
occasion as the representative of Her
MajeSty'S Government. He had been
please to be the intermediary in repre-
senting to the Admiralty Board the
eminently fitting location of the Muse
UNI to be the depository of these books,
recording the results of scientific in
vestigation in the Pacific.
Some unavoidable delays had oc-
Cured, but he was happy to meet the
Trustees on this occasion, and to pass
over to them the addition, to the Ii
brary. 1t was also appropriate to add
that the gift might we'll be taken as
an instance of the favorable senti-
ments entertained by her Majesty's
Government towards this country and
its progress in the establishment and
maintenance of such institutions as the
B. P. Bishop Museum.
In reply, Rev. DR.. Hyde, Vice-Pre-
sident of the Board of Trustees, said:
ION behalf of the Trustees of the B.
P. Bishop Museum / take great pleas
ure, Major Halves, in acknowledging
your friendly offices in securing from
Her Majesty's Government this very
valuable addition to our library. Your
cordially in pledging your co-opera-
tions, your promptness in presenting
the matter to the notice of the proper
your personal interest IN
bringing the business to full cOmplet-
ion, are attested in the delivery to us
on this occasion of this most weighty
and attractive series of volumes, now
ranged on these cases. We acknOWl
edge with gratitude, also, the wise libe-
rality of your Government in putting
here at the disposal of passing visitors
and of scientific investigators, these
records of the wonders that have been
in these Pacific seas, in
which we doubt not are other treasures
awaiting the advent of other students,
whose labors will be aided and tighten
ed by the researches recorded in these
volumes. Our Curator, Prof. w. T.
Brigham has only recently returned
from his exploring expedition among
the museums of Europe and from per-
sonal knowledge can testify to his
and our appreciation of this generous
addition to the resources and facility
Of the Bishop Museum.
Prof. Brigham, at whose suggestion
application had been made through
Minister Hatch for the volumes, allud-
ed to the fact that the application had
been warmly seconded in England by
the leading men of science. and that
he Museum had already won recogni-
lion in the scientific world as an in
stitution thoroughly representative
and most favOrably situated for the
advancement of knowledge.
He called attention to the fact that