3ao Ptrtn Mrsrcu or Natl'bal IIistosy — Repobts, Voi.. V. 



of three Ilopi altar-mosaics of the Powamu ceremony in papier-mach6 

 and in thdr corrccl tvc been made, which may eventually 



replace the present i; 1. In view of the importance of the 



pocking operations, t lion of the Department was tempor- 



arily doaed until Oct- . i i. Careful attention was devoted to the 

 treatment of the Egyptian sculptural stones in the Department, which 

 was carried on under the supervision of the Curator of Geology. The 

 retulU thus far obtained arc very satisfactory. Seventy-five cases 

 were cleaned and poisoned during the year. The appointment ci Miss 

 Helen C. Gun5yiulus as Assistant Curator of Japanese Ethnology, 

 permits the systematic and intelligent study and disposition of con- 

 siderable material in this division already in the pos sessi on of the De- 

 partment of Anthropolojiy. Miss Gunsaulus brings to the work she 

 has undertaken, studious habit and sp<-cial training, with enthusiasm 

 and nntness for museum practice, as the work thus far done upon the 

 Ci IS in this division gives evidence. 



The Department of Botany installed no cases during the year, 

 the time of the staff being expended in packing for removal to the new 

 building. All the exhibition cases in the department were securely 

 packed for transportation; this packing being so done that the contents 

 of each case may be returned thereto with a minimum of time expended. 

 Such specimens as could not be fastened securely in situ in the cases, 

 were enclosed in cartons and packed in the lockers of the cases to which 

 they pertain. The base lockers in each case were utilized for packing. 

 In them were placed all duplicate and study specimens, each in an 

 individual paper box or corrugated paper parcel, and all bottles eodosed 

 in "egg-case" partitioned cartons designed to 6t the bottles. 

 Thus the specimens of each case remain with the case to which they 

 pertain. Lockers not needed for the case contents were packed with 

 bundles of mounted plants belonging to the herbarium collections. 

 The exhibition cases arc now all ready for removal and labeled as to the 

 hall and spot on the floor of e^ch hall that they arc to occupy in the new 

 building. Notwithstanding this packing, a large nimiber of the 

 cases arc still on creditable exhibit, not materially disturbed though fully 

 ready for transportation. In addition to the exhibition case packing, 

 over 480 numbered boxes and crates of material have been packed for 

 remoN-al. In all cases a complete record has been kept of the packages 

 and their contents. While the herbarium has not yet been disorganized, 

 it has been made ready for packing while still referable. This and the 

 appurtenances of the offices and laboratories can be prepared for 

 removal promptly after transportation actually begins. The plant 

 repfodoctioas made in the Mrs. Stanley Field Laboratories, have been 



