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in the Freer collections. Dr. Ettinghausen continued his work abroad, 

 particularly in the Near East. The final number of Ars Islamica, 

 under Dr. Ettinghausen's editorship, was published in August 1951. 

 Visitors to the Gallery numbered approximately 75,000. 



Bureau of American Ethnology. — Members of the Bureau staff 

 continued their ethnological and archeological researches, Director 

 Stirling on Mexican and Panamanian archeology, Dr. Collins on the 

 Eskimo and on the archeology of Cornwallis Island, Dr. Harrington 

 on the Maya language, Dr. Fenton on the Iroquois, and Dr. Drucker 

 on Meso- American archeology. Dr. Koberts continued as Director of 

 the River Basin Surveys. Since the beginning of this project 7 years 

 ago, 3,105 archeological sites have been located and recorded, and 

 578 of these have been recommended for excavation or limited testing. 

 This year's excavation work covered 13 reservoir areas in 11 States, 

 with 22 excavating parties in the field. 



The Institute of Social Anthropology, an autonomouse unit of the 

 Bureau financed through transfer of funds from the Department of 

 State, carried on its field programs in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and 

 Peru. During the year activities of the Institute were integrated 

 with those of the Institute of Inter-American Affairs, whereby ISA an- 

 thropologists participated in IIAA public-health programs in Latin 

 America. 



International Exchange Service. — The International Exchange 

 Service is the official United States agency for the interchange of 

 governmental, scientific, and literary publications between this coun- 

 try and other nations of the world. During the past year the Ex- 

 change Service handled 1,001,614 packages of such publications, 

 weighing 825,627 pounds — 9,386 packages less than last year but 

 36,854 pounds more. Consignments are now made to all countries 

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

 official publications sent abroad in exchange for similar publications 

 of other countries is 104 (62 full and 42 partial sets). Eighty-seven 

 copies of the Federal Register and 94 of the Congressional Record are 

 also sent abroad through the Exchange Service. 



National Zoological Park. — Visitors to the Zoo totaled approxi- 

 mately 3,300,000 for the year. At the close of the fiscal year there 

 were 2,675 animals in the Zoo collections, the removals during the 

 year (1,721) somewhat exceeding the additions (1,575). Fourteen 

 species of animals were received that had not previously been ex- 

 hibited in the National Zoological Park. Among these were an Aus- 

 tralian copperhead, an albino great gray kangaroo, a Bornean porcu- 

 pine, and a pair of MacQueen's bustards. The United States Fish 

 and Wildlife Service and the United States Army Medical Unit in 



