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decline in the numbers received. In 1942 there were 425 packages 
delivered through the International Exchange Service, in 1943 there 
were 355, and during the year just past, 340. From England, the 
South American countries, New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa 
the receipt of publications by mail, while somewhat fewer than before, 
was steady and continuous. From other allied and neutral countries 
mail arrived less regularly. It was especially gratifying to receive 
several exchange sendings of considerable numbers of current publica- 
tions from the Akademiia Nauk of the U. S. S. R. and its branches. 
Losses of material actually shipped were extremely few. 
The publication of domestic scientific serials declined very little. 
The reorganized accessions division functioned smoothly in handling 
both exchanges and purchases. The total number of volumes pur- 
chased was 1,448, and subscriptions for 240 different periodicals were 
entered. 
A few of the most important purchases were: 
For the Bureau of American Ethnology, William Coxe’s “Account 
of the Russian Discoveries between Asia and America,” 1780; “La 
Pérouse’s Voyage round the World Performed in the Years 1785, 1786, 
1787, and 1788 by the Boussole and Astrolabe,” 2 volumes and atlas, 
1798; ‘and the accompanying “Voyage in Search of La Pérouse... 
during the Years 1791, 1792, 1793,” by J. J. Labillardiére, 1800. 
For the National Collection of Fine Arts, J. J. Foster’s “Miniature 
Painters, British and Foreign, with Some Account of Those Who 
Practiced in America in the Eighteenth Century,” 2 volumes, 1903; 
F. Norfleet’s “Saint-Mémin in Virginia, Portraits and Biographies,” 
illustrated with 56 crayon portraits and 142 engravings by Saint 
Mémin, 1942; T. H. Ward’s “Romney, a Biographical and Critical 
Kssay, with a Catalogue Raisonné of His Works,” 2 volumes, 1904. 
For the National Museum, J. B. Jackson’s “An Essay on the Inven- 
tion of Engraving and Printing in Chiaroscuro as Practiced by Albert 
Diirer, Hugo di Carpi, & .. .” 1754; “Bibliografiia Russkii Pe- 
riodicheskoi Pechati,” 1703-1900, by N. M. Lisovskii, 1915; the third 
edition of Mare Rosenberg’s “Der Goldschmiede Merkzeichen,” 4 vol- 
umes, 1922-1928; Prince Nobusuke Takatsukasa’s “The Birds of Nip- 
pon,” parts 1-7, 1932-1939; “The Aztec and Maya Papermakers,” by 
V. W. Von Hagen, 1943. 
GIFTS 
No large gifts of special collections were received, but members and 
friends of the Institution, as always, were generous in making con- 
tributions of important books and papers. Donors were: Dr. C. G. 
Abbot, R. S. Adamson, the American Association for the Advance- 
ment of Science, the American Association of Museums, the American 
