SECRETARY'S REPORT 115 
Wenley, A.G. “A Breath of Spring,” by Tsou Fu-lei. In Ars Orientalis, vol. II, 
pp. 459-470, 1957. 
A radiocarbon dating of a Yiinnanese image of AvalokiteSvara. In 
Ars Orientalis, vol. II, p. 508, 1957. 
REPRODUCTIONS 
The photographic laboratory made 8,432 items during the year 
as follows: 5,391 prints, 861 negatives, 1,716 color transparencies, and 
248 black-and-white slides. Total negatives on hand, 11,563; 3,000 
old slides were removed, and present inventory for lantern slides totals 
7,005; 354 reproductions in the round of Freer Gallery objects were 
sold. Slide loans were as follows: 765 black-and-white, 1,354 color. 
BUILDING 
The roof and exterior of the building appear to be in good con- 
dition; minor repairs were made and leaks in the skylights fixed 
from time to time. The daylights in each of the Gallery ceilings and 
the east and west corridors were replaced. 
The work of making exhibition cases for the galleries and new 
bookcases continued in the cabinet shop, and miscellaneous odd jobs 
related to storage, exhibition, restoration, crating, and maintenance 
of office and Gallery equipment were carried on as usual. Much time 
was given to various jobs arising as air-conditioning of the building 
was completed, such as a thorough cleaning of the attic and rein- 
stallation of the exhibition galleries. 
All plants, trees, and shrubs appear to be doing well. The trumpet- 
vine and trellis at either end of the south side were removed and the 
azalea bed was transplanted and rearranged. One Mahonia beali was 
planted in the southwest corner. One Cotoneaster salicifolia was re- 
placed. The four plots of grass were removed and resodded completely 
with zoysia grass. The grass, as well as all the plantings around the 
fountain, has made an excellent showing. Lantanas have been planted 
for the present season and are doing well. 
HERZFELD ARCHIVE 
On October 29, 1957, a gift of one notebook and three booklets of 
Arabic inscriptions to be added to the Herzfeld Archive was received 
from Prof. Dr. Adolf Grohmann. 
ATTENDANCE 
The Gallery was open to the public from 9 to 4:30 every day except 
Christmas Day. The total number of visitors to come in the main 
entrance was 111,674. The highest monthly attendance was in April, 
14,539, and the lowest was in February, 3,517. 
