The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-12-17
MONUMENTAL SCIENTIFIC
WORK TO BE UNDERTAKEN

will be too late. Ten years in tn
condition Of primitive man in the Pa
cific will bring about incalculabl
changes and the same length of tim
will obliterate, for ever. innumerabl
unrecorded geological and botanica
specimens. The scientific preservation
of these records must be made nov
or for ever abandoned. and upon tn
| present generation will be the re
proach of neglecting the great oppor
tunity which is still before it.
HONOLULU THE PLACE.
Situated in mid-Pacifc, Honolulu
affords the best, the only possible
center from which this great work
can be conducted. A thoroughly mod
ern city, equipped with every facilit,
| for the conduct of this great enter
prise, the opportunity before this city
is unique, and If made proper use OF
will give her an enviable reputation
| in the annals of scientific history. The
foundation of the Pacific Scientific In
stitution proves that the responsible
ity of Honolulu is appreciated by its
citizens and that the effort is now to
be made to undertake the work which
has been so long neglected.
PLAN OF THE WORK.
With headquarters at Honolulu, par
ties of trained scientific workers will
be dispatched on a specially-equipped
steamer to the various island groups.
At convenient centers substations will
be established through which commu-
nication with the home office will be
maintained. Each expedition will con-
sist of properly-trained experts who
will carefully record from each group
everything of scientific interest. A
careful and elaborate series of an
thropometric measurements and other
data will be tabulated; the technol-
ogy, arts, manufactures, medicines.
laws and religion of the inhabitants
will be studied. together with their
language, mythology, legend and gen.
eral history. Nor will the humber
departments of natural history be ne
elected. Long series of the animals,
birds, reptiles, insects and botanical
specimens will be preserved. The
coral reefs, the ocean currents, the
costal marine fauna and flora will all
be investigated. together with the ge-
ology and climatology of the whole
region.
FIFTEEN-YEAR JOB.
The great work of exploration will,
1t is anticipated, be completed in
about fifteen years. AS soon as it can
be made available for publication, ex-
~
anthropology and zoology of each
group will be published. The result
of these subjects will probably fill not
much less than one hundred quarto
volumes. The most important work
of the printing of the results of the
expedition will be deferred until the
final work of exploration has been
achieved and all the data relating
thereto reduced pto order. The chief
and monumental work of publication
will then be undertaken. Under the !
assistance of the foremost scientists
Of America and Europe the results of |
the whole expedition will be examined |
and compared. The publication of this |
final work Of the expedition will prob |
ably rank as one of the most inter- |
estIng and the most important addi- |
tions to human knowledge that has |
ever emanated from one press.
GARDEN OF ACCLIMATIZATION |
During the fifteen years in which |
the work of exploration is progress
ing. many other scientific institutions
as offshoots from 1t and supplemental
al q
important will be a botanical garden
and garden of acclimatiza in
which Will be grown and studied many
If the important plants procured by
The collectors of the expedition. The
production of new and improved trop-
cal fruits and flowers from plants
.hus introduced will be an important
department. of it's work. The unrival-
ID situation of the Hawaiian Islands
Ind the diversity of climate which can
,e obtained in the various attitudes
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-
ion of the Pacific mammals and rep
lies, with an aviary to accommodate
is rare and wonderful birds, will also
Ne established as soon as the first re-
ults of the survey are procured. The
SYSTEMATIC and ECONOMIC study of
'irds will be the major work of this
department. of the Institution. A
Tholly untrodden field of practical re-
earch awaits the investigators in this
ranch of the work, the practical i'm
ortance of which can scarcely be es-
imated. The accession of varieties of
ew fishes to the Aquarium tanks will
Without doubt make possible in these {
hree institutions one of the most
omplete and wonderful collections OF !
auna of a single region in the world. ! {
fARINE BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY.
The study of the marine botany and ;
Zoology will also be actively pursued ,
nd marine biological station will
e established and equipped. In this, ,
nd in the general institution, will be
ounded tables for the study of ma ,
Inc life. to which 1t is expected stu
ents will resort from all parts of the !.
'orld. Scientific men everywhere have !
ONE to regard the biological station-I ,
v'here the life histories of many of .
ne simpler forms Of plant and ami :
ial life are exhaustively studied, J.,
ften through long periods of time-as :
ne of the most fruitful sources of
Perhaps to Hawaii NAV
0me the credit of providing the