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June 13. Attendance, 94. 

 June 20. Attendance, 127. 

 June 27. Attendance, 96. 

 The Food and Drug Administration held meetings as follows : 



October 18. Attendance, 119. 

 November 2. Attendance, 264. 

 December 20. Attendance, 91. 

 January 17. Attendance, 67. 

 March 21. Attendance, 78. 

 March 27. Attendance, 66. 

 April 12. Attendance, 70. 

 May 16. Attendance, 82. 

 The Washington Society, Archeological Institute of America, held illustrated 

 lectures as follows : 



Dr. Zakhy Iskander, Department of An- 

 tiquities, Cairo, Egypt : "Tutankha- 

 mun's Treasures." 

 Dr. J. O. Brew, Director, Peabody Mu- 

 seum, Hai-vard University: "The 

 Drowning Sphinx : Salvage Archeology 

 in Advance of Technical Progress in 

 Nubia." 

 Japan-America Society, two recitals by Miss 

 Miyoko Watanabe, Enbuki dancer, and 

 Mr. Kimio Eto, koto player. 

 American Chemical Society. 

 Washington Society, Archeological Institute 



of America. 

 Washington Fashion Group, programs by 

 Eleni Epstein, fashion editor, Washington 

 Star. 



November 9. Attendance, 193. 



November 30. Attendance, 143. 



December 2. Attendance, 660. 



February 8. Attendance, 51. 

 February 8. Attendance, 221. 



Japan-America Society and Washington Film 

 Society, two showings of Japanese film, 

 "Jochuku" and selected short subject. 



Morgan State College, lecture by Dr. Robert 

 P. Multhauf, Department of Science and 

 Technology, Smithsonian Institution. 



March 5. Attendance, 275. 

 March 12. Attendance, 243. 

 March 19. Attendance, 197. 

 March 26. Attendance, 219. 

 April 2. Attendance, 198. 

 March 30. Attendance, 423. 



April 27. Attendance, 278. 



Overall total attendance in the auditorium for tlie year was 13,417. 



STAFF ACTIVITIES 



The work of the staff members was devoted to the study of new 

 accessions, of objects contemplated for purchase, and of objects sub- 

 mitted for examination, as well as to individual research projects in 

 the fields represented by the collection of Chinese, Japanese, Persian, 

 Arabic, and Indian materials. Keports, oral and written, and ex- 

 clusive of those made by the technical laboratory (listed below) , were 

 made on 10,893 objects as follov.'s: For private individuals, 3,209; 



