﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY. 
  15 
  

  

  Each 
  day 
  typewritten 
  lists 
  of 
  original 
  articles 
  appearing 
  in 
  scien- 
  

   tific 
  periodicals 
  received 
  for 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  deposit 
  in 
  the 
  Library 
  

   of 
  Congress 
  are 
  prepared 
  and 
  circulated 
  among 
  the 
  heads 
  of 
  scien- 
  

   tific 
  bureaus 
  under 
  the 
  Institution. 
  These 
  daily 
  bibliographical 
  lists, 
  

   begun 
  last 
  November 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  Secretary 
  Walcott, 
  have 
  been 
  

   well 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  start. 
  Bequests 
  have 
  come 
  in 
  for 
  copies 
  from 
  

   other 
  Government 
  bureaus 
  and 
  research 
  organizations, 
  which 
  it 
  has 
  

   not 
  been 
  possible 
  to 
  comply 
  with, 
  owing 
  to 
  lack 
  of 
  necessary 
  equip- 
  

   ment 
  for 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  additional 
  copies. 
  The 
  library 
  now 
  

   possesses 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  million 
  volumes, 
  pamphlets, 
  manuscripts, 
  and 
  

   charts, 
  there 
  being 
  888,128 
  publications 
  deposited 
  in 
  the 
  Library 
  of 
  

   Congress, 
  156,275 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  National 
  Museum, 
  and 
  35,000 
  

   belonging 
  to 
  other 
  branches 
  of 
  the 
  Institution. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  

   additions 
  for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  was 
  15,796. 
  

  

  As 
  noteworthy 
  additions 
  to 
  the 
  various 
  branch 
  libraries 
  might 
  

   be 
  mentioned 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Gottingische 
  Gelehrte 
  Anzeigen 
  for 
  1758, 
  

   1760, 
  1808, 
  1813, 
  and 
  1814 
  to 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  deposit, 
  by 
  gift 
  of 
  the 
  

   Gesellschaft 
  fur 
  Wissenschaften 
  zu 
  Gottingen; 
  Serindia, 
  by 
  Sir 
  

   Aurel 
  Stein, 
  to 
  the 
  office 
  library, 
  at 
  present 
  deposited 
  in 
  the 
  Freer 
  

   Building, 
  the 
  gift 
  of 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  State 
  for 
  India; 
  and 
  the 
  

   second 
  and 
  third 
  volumes 
  of 
  Beebe's 
  Monograph 
  of 
  the 
  Pheasants, 
  

   added 
  to 
  the 
  library 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Zoological 
  Park. 
  

  

  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  The 
  year 
  has 
  been 
  an 
  unusually 
  busy 
  one 
  for 
  the 
  Museum, 
  but 
  

   although 
  of 
  late 
  years 
  its 
  activities 
  have 
  greatly 
  increased 
  and 
  its 
  

   scope 
  widely 
  extended, 
  the 
  appropriation 
  for 
  its 
  maintenance 
  has 
  

   remained 
  practically 
  the 
  same 
  for 
  the 
  past 
  11 
  years. 
  Much 
  credit 
  

   is 
  due 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  Museum's 
  staff 
  for 
  the 
  fine 
  results 
  recorded 
  

   from 
  year 
  to 
  year. 
  Undoubtedly 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  event 
  of 
  the 
  

   year 
  was 
  the 
  receipt 
  and 
  installation 
  of 
  the 
  Herbert 
  Ward 
  collection 
  

   of 
  African 
  ethnologica 
  and 
  sculptures. 
  This 
  collection, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   most 
  important 
  ethnological 
  units 
  in 
  the 
  world, 
  was 
  brought 
  together 
  

   by 
  Herbert 
  Ward, 
  an 
  Englishman, 
  who 
  was 
  with 
  Stanley 
  on 
  his 
  

   famous 
  exploring 
  expedition 
  through 
  Africa. 
  It 
  consists 
  of 
  2,700 
  

   ethnological 
  specimens 
  and 
  19 
  superb 
  sculptures 
  in 
  bronze 
  of 
  African 
  

   natives 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Ward. 
  

  

  An 
  actual 
  beginning 
  was 
  made 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  toward 
  establish- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  Loeb 
  collection 
  of 
  chemical 
  types, 
  noted 
  in 
  the 
  1920 
  report. 
  

   Two 
  specially 
  constructed 
  cabinets 
  were 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  Chemists' 
  

   Club 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  and 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  each 
  of 
  seven 
  new 
  chemical 
  

   compounds 
  discovered 
  in 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  were 
  de- 
  

   posited 
  in 
  the 
  collection. 
  It 
  is 
  planned 
  to 
  solicit 
  all 
  available 
  new 
  

   chemical 
  material, 
  with 
  the 
  view 
  of 
  eventually 
  making 
  of 
  the 
  Loeb 
  

   collection 
  a 
  complete 
  series 
  for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  investigators 
  in 
  chemistry. 
  

  

  