44 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 191*7. 



indebted for the bequest of the models and apparatus left by her 

 father, Moses G. Farmer, a prominent pioneer in the development of 

 the electrical industries, many of whose inventions have for some 

 time been represented in the Museum. Through the wishes of the 

 late Rev. Bruce Hughes, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, the Smithsonian 

 Institution becomes the recipient of a small sum, the residue of his 

 estate, to found the Hughes Alcove, which will be established in some 

 form in the Museum and be added to perpetually from the interest 

 on principal. 



The publications of the year consist of one volume of Proceed- 

 ings, two volumes of Contributions from the United States National 

 Herbarium, and four Bulletins, besides 76 separate papers, all of 

 which were from the Proceedings, except two from the Contributions 

 and two catalogues of special loan exhibitions in the National Gallery 

 of Art. The total number of copies of publications distributed was 

 about 64,000. 



The library obtained, by purchase, gift, and exchange, 1,572 vol- 

 umes, 65 parts of volumes and 3,556 pamphlets. The more impor- 

 tant donations were from Capt. John Donnell Smith, the estate of 

 the late Dr. E. A. Mearns, United States Army, and Dr. William 

 H. Dall. 



Respectfully submitted. 



Richard Rathbun, 

 Assistant Secretary in Charge, 

 United States National Museum. 



Dr. Charles D. "Walcott, 



Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 

 November 10, 1917. 



