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sian jade, metalwork, and paintings ; Japanese lacquerwork, paintings, 

 and pottery; Indian paintings; Iraqi illustrated manuscript; and 

 Tui'kish pottery. The first number of Ars Orientalis was published 

 during the year. The Gallery sponsored again a series of illustrated 

 lectures by distinguished scholars on various phases of Oriental art. 



National Air Museum. — By the end of the year the task of moving 

 the Museum's stored materials from Park Ridge, 111., to Suitland, Md., 

 was virtually completed. The Museum participated in celebrating 

 the fortieth anniversary of the founding of the National Advisory 

 Committee for Aeronautics, a feature of which was the awarding of 

 the Langley medal to Dr. Jerome C. Hunsaker. Added to the aero- 

 nautical collections during the year were 117 specimens in 31 separate 

 accessions, including the midget racing airplane Buster (formerly 

 named Chief Oshkosh)^ built in 1981 and flown in more than 50 races. 

 Nearly 22,000 photographs pertaining to aeronautics were added to 

 the Museum's library of reference materials during the year. 



National Zoological Park. — The Zoo accessioned 2,347 individual 

 animals during the year, and 1,917 were removed by death, exchange, 

 or return to depositors. The net count of animals at the close of the 

 year was 3,410. Noteworthy among the accessions were a pair of 

 baby gorillas, several young chimpanzees, and two Goeldi's marmo- 

 sets; emperor, Adelie, and Hmnboldt's penguins; two examples of 

 the rare Mona Island iguana and a horn-nosed iguana ; and a domestic 

 donkey. In all, 280 creatures were born or hatched at the Zoo during 

 the year — 77 mammals, 141 birds, and 62 reptiles. Visitors totaled 

 approximately 3,476,000. 



Canal Zone Biological Area. — More than 600 visitors came to Barro 

 Colorado Island during the year ; 43 of these were scientists who used 

 the facilities of the station to further their various researches, par- 

 ticularly in biology and photography. 



International Exchange Service. — As the United States official 

 agency for the exchange of governmental, scientific, and literary pub- 

 lications between tliis country and other nations, the International 

 Exchange Service handled during the year 1,146,972 packages of 

 such publications, weighing 812,960 pounds — slightly more than last 

 year. Consignments were made to all countries except China, North 

 Korea, Outer Mongolia, the Communist-controlled areas of Viet Nam 

 and Laos, and the Haiphong Enclave. 



National Gallery of Art. — The Gallery received 842 accessions dur- 

 ing the year, by gift, loan, or deposit. Gifts included paintings by 

 Stuart, Eaeburn, Renoir, Romney, R. Peale, Pater, Blake, Carriera, 

 and Goya ; sculptures by Renoir, Ward, and Daumier ; and about 400 

 prints. Six special exhibits were held, and 13 traveling exhibitions of 

 prints from the Roseuwald Collection were circulated to other gal- 



