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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1923. 



of the work of this division. The curator furnished the identification 

 of cottons and cotton seeds introduced by the Office of Foreign Seed 

 and riant Introduction and Distribution, United States Department 

 of Agriculture, and to him has been referred letters reciuesting in- 

 formation on silk and artificial silk received by the Department of 

 Agriculture, and other federal departments. The collection illus- 

 trating the economic products of India and Uganda, and the books 

 and periodicals on these subjects in the sectional library were studied 

 during a considerable period by Dr. Matilda Hunt, of New York 

 City, who is arranging for the establishment of industrial schools in 

 India. 



Names of Special Cooperators. — A number of persons deserve 

 special mention for their splendid cooperation in arranging for the 

 contribution of specimens to the Museum, and for making use of 

 every opportunity of presenting the needs of the Museum to persons 

 and professional bodies in a position to render assistance. In this 

 connection it is desired to name Frank G. Ashbrook, assistant 

 biologist. Bureau of Biological Survey, Department of Agriculture; 

 Dr. Murray Gait Motter, librarian of the Hygienic Laboratory, 

 Public Health Service; Dr. John Uri Lloyd, Cincinnati, O, ; Dr. 

 F. B. Power, Bureau of Chemistry, Department of Agriculture; Dr. 

 Samuel L. Hilton, Washington, D. C. ; and James A. Tobey, sec- 

 retary of the National Health Council, New York City. 



RESEAKCHES ELSEWHERE AIDED BY MUSEUM MATERIAL. 



A large specimen of a Penang coir coconut in the husk was loaned 

 to the Office of Fiber Investigations. Department of Agriculture, 

 for use in its study of coir production. The specimen was returned 

 together with two excellent photographs of a transverse section of 

 the coconut. 



DISTRIBUTION AND EXCHANGE OF SPECIMENS. 



Three charts on which were mounted specimens illustrating steps 

 in the dressing, spinning, and weaving of flax were loaned to Miss 

 E. B. Mason, a teacher of home economics in the Fairmount 

 Heights School, for aid in her work. These were returned in excel- 

 lent condition. 



Twenty-three volumes of the Transactions of the National Eclec- 

 tic Medical Association, a partial set, were sent to Dr. John Uri 

 Lloyd, in exchange for a complete set of the same publication. 



STATISTICAL DATA. 



Textiles. 



Number of specimens received during the year 1923. . 

 Number of specimens in the collections June 30, 192:j 

 (estimated) 



137 

 10,679 



Woods. 



192 

 3,68« 



Foods. 



19 

 1,055 



Organic 

 chem. 



501 

 C,952 



Medi- 

 cines. 



1,292 

 11,512 



