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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  194 
  3 
  

  

  importance 
  ; 
  botanical 
  exploration 
  ; 
  the 
  palatability 
  of 
  the 
  flesh 
  of 
  land, 
  

   fresh-water, 
  and 
  marine 
  animals, 
  their 
  use 
  for 
  food, 
  and 
  methods 
  of 
  

   capture; 
  the 
  serviceability 
  of 
  hides 
  and 
  skins 
  for 
  various 
  purposes; 
  

   disease 
  transmission 
  ; 
  noxious, 
  poisonous, 
  or 
  otherwise 
  dangerous 
  ani- 
  

   mals; 
  intermediate 
  hosts 
  of 
  animal 
  and 
  human 
  parasites; 
  aid 
  in 
  the 
  

   preparation 
  of 
  survival 
  manuals 
  and 
  other 
  military 
  and 
  naval 
  hand- 
  

   books 
  ; 
  distributional 
  lists 
  of 
  insects 
  and 
  other 
  animals 
  of 
  medical 
  im- 
  

   portance; 
  outlines 
  for 
  insect 
  surveys 
  in 
  foreign 
  areas; 
  instruction 
  in 
  

   mosquito 
  identification; 
  collection 
  and 
  preservation 
  of 
  specimens, 
  

   especially 
  those 
  of 
  medical 
  importance; 
  supplying 
  duplicate 
  sets 
  of 
  

   insect 
  material 
  not 
  otherwise 
  readily 
  obtainable 
  for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  Army 
  

   and 
  Navy 
  medical 
  schools; 
  biological 
  and 
  oceanographic 
  problems; 
  

   marine 
  fouling 
  organisms; 
  bibliographic 
  surveys; 
  recommendations 
  

   regarding 
  personnel. 
  

  

  Assistance 
  has 
  been 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  identification 
  of 
  tribal 
  culture 
  

   patterns 
  chiefly 
  of 
  the 
  island 
  peoples 
  of 
  the 
  West 
  Pacific 
  area 
  and 
  of 
  

   continental 
  southeastern 
  Asia. 
  Other 
  information 
  provided, 
  in 
  this 
  

   instance 
  obtained 
  from 
  Museum 
  photographic 
  files, 
  related 
  to 
  the 
  need 
  

   of 
  our 
  aviators 
  and 
  soldiers 
  to 
  recognize 
  religious 
  caste 
  markings, 
  and, 
  

   to 
  assist 
  in 
  the 
  orientation 
  of 
  aviators, 
  the 
  types 
  of 
  house 
  construction 
  

   in 
  various 
  parts 
  of 
  southern 
  Asia. 
  A 
  mass 
  of 
  information 
  directly 
  

   based 
  on 
  the 
  collections 
  was 
  given 
  to 
  such 
  agencies 
  as 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  

   Economic 
  Warfare 
  and 
  the 
  War 
  Production 
  Board, 
  bearing 
  directly 
  

   on 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  substitute 
  materials 
  for 
  civilian 
  use. 
  

   Various 
  articles 
  describing 
  the 
  more 
  remote 
  peoples 
  and 
  their 
  cultures 
  

   were 
  prepared 
  and 
  published. 
  

  

  COLLECTIONS 
  

  

  The 
  Museum 
  collections 
  were 
  increased 
  by 
  230,231 
  specimens, 
  which 
  

   were 
  included 
  in 
  1,177 
  separate 
  accessions. 
  Because 
  of 
  wartime 
  con- 
  

   ditions 
  a 
  decrease 
  of 
  211 
  accessions, 
  54,351 
  specimens, 
  in 
  comparison 
  

   with 
  the 
  number 
  received 
  during 
  the 
  previous 
  year 
  was 
  not 
  unex- 
  

   pected. 
  The 
  five 
  departments 
  registered 
  specimens 
  received 
  as 
  fol- 
  

   lows: 
  Anthropology, 
  2,514; 
  biology, 
  213,823; 
  geology, 
  9,725; 
  engi- 
  

   neering 
  and 
  industries, 
  2,266; 
  and 
  history, 
  1,902. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  ac- 
  

   cessions 
  were 
  acquired 
  as 
  gifts 
  from 
  individuals 
  or 
  as 
  a 
  transfer 
  of 
  

   specimens 
  by 
  Government 
  departments. 
  The 
  complete 
  report 
  on 
  

   the 
  Museum, 
  published 
  as 
  a 
  separate 
  document, 
  includes 
  a 
  detailed 
  list 
  

   of 
  accessions, 
  but 
  the 
  more 
  important 
  are 
  summarized 
  below. 
  Cata- 
  

   log 
  entries 
  in 
  all 
  departments 
  now 
  total 
  17,808,471. 
  

  

  Anthropology. 
  — 
  Transferred 
  to 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  archeology 
  by 
  Gov- 
  

   ernment 
  departments 
  were 
  1,443 
  specimens 
  of 
  earthenware 
  vessels, 
  

   potsherds, 
  and 
  figurine 
  fragments 
  from 
  several 
  localities 
  in 
  Mexico 
  

  

  