120 



JikIcx AlKaniin Universalis cards, Uccenihcr 31. 1028 24,419 



Number of cards received during 1929 2,521 



Total Index Alg-arum Universalis cards, December 31, 1929 26,940 



Catalogue en fichcs de la Bibliograpbie Technique ct Ag'ricole Tropi- 



cale, Institut Colonial de Marseille, December 31, 1028 343^ 



Number of cards recei\'ed during 1929 'v^/i^ 



Total. December 31, 1929 4,Hi6 



Miscellaneous 



Total recorded use of the lil)rary 5.396 



Rooks lent to members of sinfi 901 



Hooks lent to other institutions 13 



Piook's borrowed from other institutions 27 



REPORT OF THE RESllTI^XT INVESTIGATOR FOR 1929 



Dr. C. Stuart C^acer, Director. 



Sir: I ])rc'.sciil licrcwith niy re])()rt on edttcational and related 

 activities for i(;2<). l\e])ort on research in proj^ress will he fotiiid 

 tinder that headini;^ on i^a^e 08. 



School Service 



The Xe])hrole])is collections continue to Ije of interest atid 

 value to local teachers in connection with hi.^h school classes 

 studyinii" evolution. Two groups of teachers, (hiring- the year, 

 were ])ers()nallv conducted in a survey of the various types of 

 variation. S])eciniens have heen ])rovided for class use in a 

 lutiuher of high schools, and the Leaflet, " Evolution as illustrated 

 hy ferns " has heeu reiirinted, wdth some slight revision, including 

 the re])lacement of one of the illustrations by two different i)ictures. 

 This Leaflet article is regularly used as reference reading in high 

 school classes in advanced biology. 



Conservation of Native Plants 



Ehider Ibis heading, several lines of activity have been under 

 way. Considerable correspondence has been carried on relating 



