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Dcccmlicr, 191 a, Aaaistant Curator Lewis left a small sum in care of 

 P. J. P. van Hassclt, a missionary stationed there, for the purpose of 

 « TiR syx:<nmcns from the north coast of Dutch New Guinea. This 



I -V was in the habit of taking trips every year to various parts 



vi til ci -^i-sl, and staled that in the course of two or three years he could 

 cii.<\\y r- ^ ■> .T fairly representative collection. Owing to long delays 

 in ship; ; ,. lusctl by war conditions, the material arrived here only in 

 July of this year. The collection comprises over three hundred speci- 

 mens from various places along the north coast of Dutch New Guinea, 

 including some fine large wooden figures, house ornaments, and about 

 tv^-cnty-fivc ancestral images, called korwar. These are rare and valu- 

 able. Weapons, implements, household utensils, clothing and orna- 

 ments arc all well represented. This part of New Guinea has been more 

 or less nsitcd by Europeans for many years, and very little of original 

 native workmanship is at present to Ix; had. The influx of the nu- 

 merous Chinese and Malays settled along the coast has also tended to 

 destroy or modify the native industries. Hence, but little from this 

 region can be obtained, and that often betrays foreign influence. 



The Department of Botany received the following important ad- 

 ditions to its herbarium during the year: From the Philippine Bureau o£ 

 Sciences 646 plants of the Philippines; Miss Anna King 300 spedmens 

 from Illinois; Paul C. Standlcy 285 Mexican plants of Anuhie and 

 Nicolas; B. F. Bush 70 plants of Missouri; Geological Survey of Canada 

 348 Canadian plants; Mrs. Stanley Field Plant Reproduction Section 

 10 J plants of Georgia and Florida; Bemice Pauhai Bishop Museum 

 362 Hawaiian plants; The New York Botanical Garden 507 West 

 Indian plants; C. F. Millspaugh 6$ Wisconsin plants; H. M. Denslow 

 73 New England plants, and F. E. McDonald 63 plants of lUinois. 

 The regional distribution of fully organized material to the herbarium 

 in 1919 is shown in the following tabulation: 



lOCALITV. 



North America (in genanl) . 



AUska 



Canada 



Alberta 



Athabatca 



British America . 



British Columbia 



Queen Charlotte Island 



VanoooTcr Island 



Herschcn Island 



Mackcnxie 



Nova Scotia . 



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