The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-14

dEpdEL LlEUL OF It's WDEk- Inc uEElNdA- /
ed situation of the Hawaiian Islands
and the diversity of climate which can .
be obtained in the various attitudes A.
which are available should in time /
make this garden one Of the worlds +
most important and most beautiful .
botanical gardens. /
A geological garden for the recep- |
ton of the Pacific mammals and rep I
tiles, with an aviary to accommodate |
its rare and wonderful birds, will also |
be established as soon as the first re-
suits of the survey are procured. The |
systematic and economic study Of
birds will be the major work of this |
department of the Institution. A
wholly untrodden field of practical re- |
search awaits the investigators in this
branch of the work, the practical i'm
portance of which can scarcely be es-
timated. The accession of varieties Of
new fishes to the Aquarium tanks win
without doubt make possible in these
three institutions one of the most
complete and wonderful collections of
fauna of a single region in the world.
MARINE BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY.
The study of the marine botany and
zoology will also be actively pursued
and a marine biological station will
be established and equipped. In this,
and in the general institution, will be
founded tables for the study of ma
rine life, to which it is expected stu
dents will resort from all parts of the
world. Scientific men everywhere have
come to regard the biological station
where the life histories of many of
the simpler forms of plant and ami
NAL life are exhaustively studied,
often through long periods of time-as
one of the most fruitful sources of
research. Perhaps to Hawaii may
come the credit of providing the
means of solving the riddle of the
origin of HfeLjust as the Pacific fur
nished the original data which, in the
hands of Darwin, Wallace, Gulick and
others. gave the solution of many of
the mooted problems in evolution.
WONDERFUL COLLECTION.
AS one result of the survey, probably
the most wonderful and extensive col
lection of chronological specimens that
has ever been brought together from
one region will be assembled in Homo
lulu. The disposition of these objects
will be a matter of great concern,
ton will be retained to augment the
already goodly collection in the local
Museum.
When the whole series of establish
ments is in operation, Honolulu will
rank among the very foremost centers
of scientific research. The antigua
rian and the scholar, the ethnologist,
the zoologist and the botanist viii
alike look to these islands as preserv-
ing the records and types of many
of the most interesting objects of their
departments of investigation.
| In former years, exploration on a
large scale has frequently been car
ried out under the auspices of gov
! ernments. Many disadvantages, which
need not be enumerated here, render
| this method unsatisfactory, and the
mere fact that many foreign SOW
ereignties exercise control over various
parts of the region now under consid-
! Grafton renders this method now i'm
! practicable. The carrying out of this
| great work will therefore be de-
pendent greatly upon private enter
| prise. although it is also anticipated
| that much advantage will accrue from
the cooperation of many of the fore
most scientific institutions of Europe
| and America. BY this means not only
! will the interest and knowledge OF
some of the most celebrated scientists
of the world be available, but there
will be no danger of expending valua-
BILE energy and more precious time in
! reduplication of work in the same
/ fields of investigation. As far as con-
! crete progress has been achieved, 1t
will be enough to record here that ma
terial assistance has already been
F! forthcoming locally towards the foun-
| dation not only of the great work OF
! exploration itself, but also of many OF
the institutions which will be estab-
| lshed latterly from it.
The honor of successfully setting in
operation the great project of Paclnc
exploration Is chiefly due to Mr.. w.
A. Bryan, for many years a prominent
| scientific worker in the Pacific A
| keen student of nature and trained
naturalist, with natural ability for or
SANITATION and administration, reso-
lutte and practical, he long ago apprS-
| ciated the great benefit to mankind
TO be derived from the accomplish
ment of the work which he is now
/ called to direct. After years of close
| study of the successes and falIureS
| of former Pacific expeditions, and OF
| the conditions necessary to survey
of this region, he undertook, as cura-
| tor of the Bishop Museum, voyages to
various outlying islands in the Paciflc-
In this manner he gained much inval-
rarla exparfence for the actual prose-