80 REPOKT OF NATION-AL MUSEUM, 1913. 



Dr. Charles D. Walcott, Secretary of the Institution, continued his 

 geological investigations in the Canadian Rockies, and in the Mount 

 Robson region of Alberta discovered a new and interesting Cambrian 

 fauna. His season's work resulted in a very large and rich collection 

 of Cambiian fossils. Dr. R. S. Bassler, on detail for several weeks 

 with the United States and Maryland geological surveys, obtained 

 important series of fossils for the Museum in Ohio and Maryland, and 

 !Mr. Copley Amory, jr., serving as a collaborator of the Museum and 

 at his own expense, secured interesting vertebrate remains in Alaska, 

 as before described. 



Under the direction and at the expense of ^ir. Frank Springer, 

 associate in paleontology, !Mr. Frederick Braun made prolonged trips 

 through the Appalachian VaUey from Virginia to Tennessee in search 

 of crinoids and cystids in the Ordo%dcian limestone. Later, in the 

 region of Cape Girardeau, Mo., Mr. Braun secured from Lower De- 

 vonian rocks some remarkable examples of the bulbous rooted cri- 

 noid, Scyphocrinus, which show that the so-called Camarocrinus is 

 only the root of this form. Four large slabs containing specimens 

 illustrating this discovery were sent to the Museum. 



THE ARTS AND INDUSTRIES. 



Somewhat over a year ago, as explained in the last report, active 

 steps were taken toward rehabihtating those branches of the depart- 

 ment of the arts and industries which, established in 1880, have for 

 a considerable period been in a disorganized condition owing to the 

 necessity of turning over to other subjects the space they had been 

 occupying, and thereby forcmg their collections into storage. By the 

 transfer of the natural history departments to the new building ac- 

 commodations have been secured for rene%ving the work in these neg- 

 lected branches, which will be pressed as rapidly as the means permit. 

 The present plans call for the development and illustration of the 

 several subjects on a broader and more practical basis than had orig- 

 inally been contemplated, so that, aside from the primary purpose 

 of education, the collections will serve as distinct aids to the great 

 industries of the United States in demonstrating their importance 

 in the life of our people and in recording the economic changes tak- 

 ing place in each of them. The progress made up to the close of last 

 year, as evidenced in the exliibition halls, was sufficiently great to 

 very materially attract public notice. 



In extending its influence over the industrial interests of the 

 country wdth a view to their promotion and their regulation, the 

 Federal Government has established a number of bureaus for con- 

 ducting investigations and experiments, and even for rendering direct 

 assistance which is being done in many ways. With this important 



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