SECRETARY'S REPORT 9 



ton continued his study of the grammar of the Abnaki language at 

 Old Town, Maine, and also spent 2 months in Yucatdn studying the 

 Maya language. In cooperation with the Canadian Government, 

 Dr. Henry B. Collins, Jr., conducted archeological investigations on 

 Cornwallis Island in the Canadian Arctic, which yielded a large 

 collection of artifacts that throw considerable light on the prehistoric 

 inhabitants of the region. Dr. W. N. Fenton made further studies 

 of the Iroquois, especially at the Tonawanda and Allegany Seneca 

 reservations in western New York, and surveyed considerable perti- 

 nent archival material in various libraries. 



The Institute of Social Antlu'opology, an autonomous unit of the 

 Bureau financed by State Department funds, conducted its anthro- 

 pological teaching and research programs in the following Latin 

 American countries: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Peril. Dr. 

 George M. Foster, Director of the Institute, conducted private inves- 

 tigations in Spain during most of the year. Dr. Gordon R. Willey, 

 senior anthrolopologist of the Bureau, served as acting director during 

 his absence. 



The Bureau issued its annual report, volume 5 of the "Handbook 

 of South American Indians," and one publication of the Institute of 

 Social Anthi'opology. Ten publications were in press at the close of 

 the year. 



International Exchange Service.- — ^The Smithsonian International 

 Exchange Service is the official United States agency for the inter- 

 change of governmental, literary, and scientific publications between 

 this country and the other nations of the world. During the past 

 year the Exchange Service handled 1,009,675 packages of such publi- 

 cations, weighing 832,087 pounds, a considerable increase over the 

 previous year. Consignments are now made to all countries except 

 Rumania and China. The number of sets of United States official 

 publications sent abroad in exchange for similar publications of other 

 countries is now 99 (59 full and 40 partial sets). Eighty-three copies 

 of the Federal Register and 87 copies of the Congressional Record are 

 also sent abroad through the Exchange Service. 



National Zoological Park. — The zoo collection was enhanced during 

 the year by the addition of a number of animals never before exhibited 

 here. At the end of the fiscal year there were 2,821 specimens in the 

 collection, a decrease of 126 from the previous year. Among the more 

 spectacular accessions were a pair of baby elephants presented by the 

 Government of India, through Prime Minister Neliru and the Indian 

 Embassy in "Washington; 3 grizzly bears removed from the Yellow- 

 stone National Park and presented by the National Park Service; 

 2 rare pencil-tailed tree mice from Malaya; and an American black- 

 bear cub, "Smoky," rescued by the Forest Service from a forest fire 



