84 THE BUREAU OF SCIENCE 



We have added 557 new specimens to the museum collections 

 during the year distributed as follows : 



Ilocano (5446-9, 5464-5501, 5849-6054, 6101-7, 6140-1, 6204, 6250- 



6346) 355 



Bontoc (5712-5848) 37 



Australian sponges (6147-6203) 57 



Australian stone implements (6349-6360) 12 



Negritos (6362-6398) 37 



From various sources (5045, 6055-6100, 6205, 6242-9, 6347-8, 6361).... 59 



Total 557 



In addition to the above, the following numbers have been 

 added to the museum catalogue by assigning numbers to speci- 

 mens previously on hand but included as duplicates under other 

 numbers: 5501-5711, 6108-6139, 6142-6, 6206-6228. 



The most important addition has been the Ilocano collection. 

 This collection is valuable in itself, and especially because it 

 marks the beginning of exhibits from the Christian people of 

 the Philippines. 



The first collections placed in the museum were those returned 

 from the St. Louis Exposition. They consisted almost entirely 

 of specimens from the non-Christian people of the Islands. For 

 several years after the opening of the museum, field work was 

 carried on among the non-Christians only; for this reason, we 

 were unable to obtain collections illustrating the life of the 

 Christian people. At the same time that the study of the 

 Ilocano people was undertaken, a collection from them was begun 

 for the museum. This collection is now practically completed. 

 As soon as the report on the Ilocanos has been finished, we hope 

 to undertake an investigation and obtain similar collections 

 among some of the other Christian peoples. 



We have made the beginning of a collection to illustrate 

 methods of transportation on land and water in different parts 

 of the Islands. Models illustrating land transportation are 

 being made uniformly one-half size. There is such a wide range 

 in the size of boats used on the ocean and on rivers that it has 

 been found impracticable to adopt a uniform scale in illustrating 

 water transportation. We have a few boats of full size and a 

 few made on a reduced scale. Until a large museum building 

 is available in which large boats can be exhibited, it will be 

 necessary to follow this plan. This transportation exhibit 

 when complete will be very interesting and will show what a 

 wide variety of means of transportation is in use in the Islands. 



