Journal of Edwin H. Bryan, Jr. while with the Whitney Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History on the schooner France, February to October 1924
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appointment for conference some time after the finish of the Legislative Council Session to discuss the people and conditions in Lau. Purchased some films and personal acticles. Cashed order on Union Shipping Co. for $50.00 from Bishop Museum. Dental appointment. Developed last rolls of films. Tuesday, October 7, 1924. Suva. Purchased packing case for 5/- and packed up the last of the Lau speci- mens. Found a sample of coral limestone rock for the Department of Agricul- ture. Obtained bill of lading. Purchases in town. Dental appointment. Wednesday, October 8, 1924. Asked by Mr. Barker, editor of Fiji Times and Herald to act as special representative of the paper at the Levuka Jubilee. Accepted because Mr. B. has a number of old books which are on the Bishop Museum Want List. Carried my 12 boxes of specimens over to Warehouse on wharf. Dental appointment. To library and looked over a number of books on Fiji:- Edward's Australasian Catalog. A catalog of books relating to Australasia, Malaysia, Polynesia, the Pacific coast of America and the south seas. London. 1899. (Francis Edwards, 88 High St., Marylebone) lists 3000 books with classified index by subjects and places. H. Stonehauer Cooper, The Islands of the Pacific, their Peoples and Their Products. London. Richard Bentley and Son. 1888. Good account in- cluding cotton on Mango. John Horne, A Year in Fiji or an Inquiry into Botanical Agricultural and Economic resources of the colony. Stanford and Robertson. London. 1881.