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A detailed account of the activities of the field staff will be found 

 in Appendix B, herewith submitted (not printed). 



PERSONNEL 



Mr. Herbert E. Thompson, with his assistant, Mr. Finlayson, 

 worked on the preservation of 22 oil paintings. 



Mr. Y. Kinoshita, of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, worked at 

 the gallery from January 3 to June 16 on the preservation of oriental 

 paintings. 



Miss Christabel E. Hill has been added to the field staff as ste- 

 nographer. 



Mr. A. G. Wenley, field assistant, spent the year in study under 

 Pelliot and Elisseeff, in Paris. 



Dr. Chi Li, of the field staff, reported at the gallery on May 26 for 

 a stay of two months. 

 Respectfully submitted. 



J. E. Lodge, 

 Curator^ Freer Gallery of Art. 

 Dr. C. G. Abbot, 



Secretary, JS?nithsonian Institution. 

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