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200 of these labels were handwritten with white ink on black card- 

 board to serve as temporary labels until printed ones could be secured; 

 the remainder were from the Section of Printing. Most of the labels 

 were for newly installed economic specimens. A total of 722 printed 

 labels has been received during the year, the larger part being for 

 the meteorite collection. These have all been installed with the cor- 

 responding specimens. There remains in the hands of the printer, 

 copy for 1,143 labels. 



In the Department of Zoology the cataloguing and labeling of the 

 South American birds received from Museum expeditions has been 

 continued during the year. A regional catalogue of South American 

 mammals was prepared in the form of an index of about 650 cards. A 

 total of 1,105 labels were installed as follows: 36 labels for mounted 

 fishes ; 2 for the Moose group ; 2 for the osteological exhibit ; 1 for South 

 American bird group; 55 for mounted birds and 1,009 for the shell col- 

 lection. The entries made during the year number 1,817, °f which 

 1,663 were for ornithology and 154 for mammalogy. 



The following table shows the work performed on catalogues and 

 the inventorying accomplished: 



Department of Anthropology . 



Department of Botany 



Department of Geology 



Department of Zoology 



The Library 



Section of Photography 



accessions. — In the Department of Anthropology the most remark- 

 able purchase of the year is represented by the acquisition made at the 

 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, consisting of a Chinese 

 honorary gateway and eighty-four models of Chinese pagodas. This 

 material was turned out by the Industrial School maintained by the 

 Jesuit Establishment Sikkawei near Shanghai. The gateway is entirely 

 carved of teakwood, and in its monumental character presents a fine 

 example of Chinese architecture, and thus far is the first monument of 

 this art in the Museum that is constructed on the size of an original. 

 The magnitude of the composition, the harmony of proportions, the 

 high technical skill, the numerous artistic and beautiful carvings, the 

 wealth of ingenious decorative designs which embody a fine record of 

 Chinese thought, make this object a most striking and prominent 

 acquisition. The collection of eighty-four models of Chinese pagodas 

 has both a highly scientific and an educational value. The pagodas are 



