X CONTF.JJTS. 



Page. 



Accessions 45 



Progress in instiillnti(in 47 



Present ('(intlitioii of cnl lections 49 



Research 51 



Sources of new material 52 



Assistance afforded students and investii^ators 56 



Future work 56 



SrMMAKY OK THE OPERATIONS OK THE VEAK. 



The Museum staff 59 



Apj^ropriations and expenditures 59 



Buildings - 61 



Accessions and registration 61 



Distribution and exchange 63 



Visitors 64 



Researches 65 



Cooperation of the P'.xecutive Deitartinents of tlie (xovermnent 67 



Explorations 68 



Information furnished 71 



Publications 71 



Library 72 



Taxidermy and osteology 73 



Photography 73 



Expositions 74 



Necrology - 74 



APPENDICES. 



I. The Museum staff 77 



II. List of ai-cessions 79 



III. Distribution of specimens 119 



IV. Bibliography 129 



V. Papers ])nblished in sei)aratt' form 151 



PART II. 

 Papers Descrfbing and Ilm'strating Collections in the U. S. National MrsErM. 



1. Anthroi)ological Studies in California. By William Henry Holmes 155 



2. Aboriginal American Harpoons: A Study in Ethnic Distribution and Inven- 



tion. By Otis Tufton Mason bS9 



3. A Sketch of the History of the Ceramic Art in C'hina, with a C'atalogue of 



the Hippisley Collection of Chinese Porcelains. By Alfred E. Hii)pisley . ."WO 



4. Contributions to the History of Musical Scales. By Charles Kasson Wead. 417 



5. .V Collection of Hopi Ceremonial Pigments. By VV^ilter Hough 463 



6. Descriptive Catalogue of the Collecti(ms of Gems in the U. S. National 



Museum. By Wirt Tassin 4"3 



7. Descriptive Catalogue of the ^h^teorite Collection in the V. S. National 



Museum. By Wirt Tassin , 671 



