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Published in the July (1934) issue of the Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, Vol. LIII, No. 3, J. E. Ackert, Editor
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FLORA HAWAIIENSIS, OR NEW ILLUSTRATED FLORA OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS: by Otto Degener. Published by the author, 1932. $3.50. (Obtainable from Otto Degener at 2222 University Ave., Honolulu, T. H., or at 7 Goodrich Ave., Fieldston, Riverdale, New York City.
This is the first of a series of loose-leaf books in which the flora of the Hawaiian Islands is to be taken up in the manner of a standard manual of botany on a larger scale than one would expect from just the term manual. Description of the families and keys to the genera and species are given. The plants included are illustrated with full-page outline drawings in black and white' and a few from paintings in color, well executed to bring out the salient details for recognition. With very few exceptions, the drawings are original. Following the drawing, a rather full description of the plant is given in most cases. The type locality is indicated, the local range and finally the extra-Hawaiian range. One cannot speak too highly of the plan of the work and the fine quality of the drawings included. As succeeding issues are made, the loose-leaf arrangement permits assembly in a systematic order. The present volume includes a hundred plants distributed among various families of higher plants.—FRANK C. GATES.
TEXTBOOK OF GENERAL ZOOLOGY, Second Edition, Rewritten and Reset: by Winterton C. Curtis and Mary J. Guthrie, with the collaboration of Katharine R. Jeffers. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York. xv +588 pages with 438 figures. $3.75.
This work is a revision of the 1927 general zoology textbook by Winter ton C. Curtis and Mary J. Guthrie. The 21 chapters in the former work are reduced to 17 in the present one and the arrangement of the material is somewhat altered. After a brief introduction, the authors launch into the vertebrates, using the frog as a type, for the reason that the student will be more interested in an animal somewhat like himself. Next follows an excellent chapter on vertebrate organ systems related to metabolism in which are stressed the nature of protoplasm, food, digestion, assimilation and related subjects. Emphasis is placed upon endocrinology in the vertebrates. Then begins work on the cell following logically through cell division, reproduction and development to heredity and variation which are given strong treatment.
At the end of chapter seven a definite break occurs which might well be termed part two. Here begins the classification and organization of animal groups, the work proceeding from the Protozoa through the Porifera, Coelenterata, Platyhelminthes, Nematheinimthes, Molluscoidea, Trochel minthes, Annulata, Mollusca, Echinodermata to the Arthropoda. The classification is carried through classes for each of these phyla with the ex
CITIZEN TOTAL IN POPULATION SHOWS A GAIN
Number of Residents
Board of Health, Honolulu, for Past Fiscal Year. Sent to Governor
Although Hawaii's population declined 2,625 to 379,580 during the year ending June 30, 1934, the territory's citizen population registered an increase of 4,831 in the same period.
These figures are revealed in a report submitted to Governor Joseph B. Poindexter today by Dr. Frederick E. Trajer, president of the board of health. The population statistics have been compiled by the bureau of immigration and pure food.
The following tabulation shows Hawaii's population on June 30, 1934, by areas and total population with totals as of September 30, 1933:
Honolulu city 142,218 141,974
Rest of Oahu 55,028 55,028
Hilo city 15,430 15,409
Rest of Hawaii 60,903 60,502
Kauai 557 557
Maui county 58,400 58,300
Totals 379,580 378,948
The following tabulation shows comparative population figures by nativity:
Desc. June 30
Hawaiian 21,924 21,796
Asiatic-Hawn 15,704 18,250
Caucasian-Hawn 10,160 10,160
Portuguese 20,094 22,238
Puerto Rican 7,200 7,280
Spanish 1,265 2,267
Other Caucasian 55,953 45,868
Chinese 26,983 26,989
Japanese 147,507 148,024
Korean 6,644 6,638
Filipino 38,530 58,700
Others 776 711
Totals 379,580 378,948
The decrease in the Filipino population in Honolulu during the six months ending June 30 was 1,836, or more than the total decrease for the entire territory.
The following tabulation shows the citizen and non-citizen population of Hawaii, by nativity, as of June 30, 1934:
Non-
Citizens Citizens
Other Caucasians 44,303 44,043
Chinese 11,640 11,499
Filipino 13,139 43,561
Hawaiian 21,796
Japanese 105,957 42,067
Korean 3,562 2,673
Asiatic-Hawn 10,160
Caucasian-Hawn 18,169
Portuguese 27,217 2,019
Puerto Rican 7,280
Spanish 1,009 258
All others 688 23
Totals 281,613 97,335
The total of citizens compares with 278,780 on June 30, 1933, and the number aliens with 54,820 on the same date.
The decrease in population in the six months ending June 30, last,
