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The work of the staff members has been devoted to the study of new 

 accessions, of objects submitted for purchase, and to general research 

 work within the collections of Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Persian, 

 and Indian materials. The preparation of materials for publication 

 has continued. Reports, oral or written, were made upon 3,679 ob- 

 jects and 1,511 reproductions of objects submitted for examination; 

 and 353 Oriental language inscriptions were translated. 



REPAIRS TO THE COLLECTIONS 



A total of 27 objects were remounted or repaired as follows : 



Chinese calligraphy I'emounted 1 



Chinese paintings remounted 7 



Japanese paintings remounted 12 



East Christian painting remounted 1 



Persian miniature remounted 1 



Greek manuscript pages repaired 2 



Indian painting repaired 1 



Japanese painting repaired 1 



Persian painting repaired 1 



CHANGES IN EXHIBITIONS 



Eight hundred forty-four changes in exhibitions were made as 

 follows : 



American arts : 



Etchings 15 



Lithographs 15 



Byzantine arts : 



Gold 24 



Rock crystal 3 



Bactrian arts : Metalwork 4 



Chinese arts : 



Bamboo wood carving 6 



Bronze 101 



Gold 11 



Iron and gold 2 



Jade 49 



Lacquer 3 



Painting 124 



Pottery 230 



Silver 2 



Stone sculpture 4 



Textile 2 



Christian arts: 



Armenian manuscripts 25 



Armenian manuscript pages 8 



Coptic manuscript pages 6 



Greek manuscripts 10 



Greek manuscript pages 18 



Greek painting 13 



