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Changes in exhibition have involved a total of 482 objects, as 

 follows : 



9 American paintings. 

 50 Chinese bronzes. 



13 pieces of Chinese silver-gilt. 

 135 Chinese jades. 

 19 Chinese scroll paintings. 

 15 Chinese panel paintings. 



10 pieces of Chinese porcelain. 

 59 pieces of Chinese pottery. 



2 Japanese screen paintings. 

 4 Japanese panel paintings. 

 48 pieces of near eastern pottery. 



1 Turkish pottery tile. 



12 Arabic and Egyptian bookbindings. 



2 Indian stone sculptures. 



101 Indian and Persian paintings and calligraphies. 

 2 pieces of Persian glass. 



THE LIBRARY 



During the year there have been added to the main library Gl 

 volumes, 20 unbound periodicals, and 150 pamphlets. Twenty vol- 

 umes were sent to the bindery, 10 volumes to be bound, 4 volumes 

 to be repaired, 48 numbers of Kokha to be bound in 4 volumes, and 

 6 numbers of T''oung Pao to be bound in 2 volumes. A list of the 

 new accessions to the library accompanies this report as Appendix 

 A (not printed). 



The library is in process of being catalogued under the direction 

 of the librarian of the Smithsonian Institution, W. L. Corbin. This 

 work was begun in November, 1929, and is not yet completed. 



REPRODUCTIONS AND PAMPHLETS 



Seven hundred and sixty-four new negatives of objects have been 

 made. Of these, 329 were made for registration photographs, 435 

 for special orders and 67 for study purposes. The total number of 

 reproductions available either as carbon photographs or as negatives 

 from which prints can be made upon request is now 3,858. Twenty- 

 four additional post cards have been published, making a total num- 

 ber of 96 subjects now on sale. One hundred and nineteen lantern 

 slides have also been added to the collection, making a total of 1,030 

 available for study and for sale. 



The total number of sales of reproductions, at cost price, is as 

 follows : Photographs, 1821 ; post cards, 15,489 ; lantern slides, 12. 



