﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY. 
  29 
  

  

  from 
  the 
  piers, 
  the 
  movement 
  of 
  the 
  latter, 
  it 
  is 
  believed, 
  will 
  

   probably 
  not 
  proceed 
  much 
  farther. 
  Careful 
  observations 
  and 
  

   measurements 
  will, 
  however, 
  be 
  made 
  at 
  intervals 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  months 
  

   to 
  determine 
  if 
  any 
  further 
  displacement 
  occurs. 
  

  

  By 
  the 
  acquisition 
  of 
  37 
  exhibition 
  cases 
  and 
  116 
  pieces 
  of 
  storage, 
  

   laboratory, 
  and 
  office 
  furniture, 
  there 
  were 
  on 
  hand 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  

   the 
  year 
  3,679 
  exhibition 
  cases 
  and 
  11,572 
  pieces 
  of 
  storage, 
  labora- 
  

   tory, 
  office, 
  and 
  other 
  furniture, 
  besides 
  83,500 
  drawers, 
  trays, 
  boxes, 
  

   and 
  wing 
  frames. 
  

  

  COLLECTIONS. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  specimens 
  acquired 
  by 
  the 
  Museum 
  during 
  

   the 
  year 
  was 
  approximately 
  359,676. 
  Additional 
  material 
  to 
  the 
  

   extent 
  of 
  995 
  lots, 
  chiefly 
  geological, 
  was 
  received 
  for 
  special 
  exam- 
  

   ination 
  and 
  report. 
  Nearly 
  20,000 
  specimens 
  were 
  lent 
  to 
  special- 
  

   ists 
  for 
  study, 
  mainly 
  on 
  behalf 
  of 
  the 
  Museum, 
  and 
  about 
  33,000 
  

   specimens 
  were 
  sent 
  out 
  in 
  exchange, 
  for 
  which 
  the 
  Museum 
  re- 
  

   ceived 
  valuable 
  material. 
  Over 
  10,000 
  duplicate 
  specimens 
  were 
  

   used 
  as 
  gifts 
  to 
  educational 
  establishments. 
  Of 
  these 
  nearly 
  half 
  

   were 
  contained 
  in 
  regular 
  sets 
  of 
  labeled 
  material 
  previously 
  pre- 
  

   pared 
  for 
  shipment, 
  and 
  the 
  remainder 
  comprised 
  specially 
  selected 
  

   lots 
  to 
  meet 
  particular 
  cases. 
  The 
  duplicates 
  were 
  chiefly 
  fossil 
  

   invertebrates, 
  minerals, 
  and 
  ores, 
  material 
  illustrating 
  rock 
  weather- 
  

   ing 
  and 
  soil 
  formation, 
  miscellaneous 
  geological 
  material, 
  mollusks, 
  

   and 
  marine 
  invertebrates, 
  with 
  smaller 
  lots 
  of 
  specimens 
  from 
  the 
  

   collections 
  of 
  insects, 
  mammals, 
  fishes, 
  birds, 
  archeology, 
  ethnology, 
  

   textiles, 
  physical 
  anthropology, 
  and 
  wood 
  technology. 
  

  

  Anthropology. 
  — 
  Collections 
  in 
  unusual 
  number 
  and 
  of 
  scientific 
  

   value 
  were 
  received 
  by 
  the 
  department 
  of 
  anthropology. 
  Especially 
  

   worthy 
  of 
  praise 
  is 
  the 
  Herbert 
  Ward 
  African 
  collection, 
  hereto- 
  

   fore 
  mentioned, 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  by 
  Mrs. 
  Herbert 
  Ward. 
  

   This 
  collection, 
  forming 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  ethnological 
  

   units 
  in 
  the 
  world, 
  was 
  begun 
  by 
  Herbert 
  Ward 
  in 
  Africa 
  during 
  

   the 
  first 
  great 
  period 
  of 
  exploitation 
  by 
  Livingstone 
  and 
  Stanley. 
  

   It 
  consists 
  of 
  2,700 
  specimens 
  of 
  African 
  ethnologica 
  and 
  is 
  illus- 
  

   trated 
  by 
  19 
  superb 
  sculptures 
  in 
  bronze 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Ward. 
  The 
  whole 
  

   collection 
  is 
  displayed 
  to 
  advantage 
  in 
  the 
  halls 
  of 
  ethnology 
  in 
  

   the 
  Natural 
  History 
  Building. 
  

  

  Through 
  the 
  friendly 
  offices 
  of 
  the 
  Archaeological 
  Society 
  of 
  

   Washington, 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  American 
  archeology 
  received 
  a 
  large 
  

   collection 
  of 
  the 
  brilliant 
  ancient 
  pottery 
  from 
  the 
  ruins 
  of 
  Casas 
  

   Grandes, 
  Chihuahua, 
  Mexico. 
  The 
  remarkable 
  aboriginal 
  ceramics 
  

   collected 
  by 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  Walter 
  Fewkes 
  in 
  the 
  neighboring 
  region, 
  the 
  

   Mimbres 
  Valley, 
  N. 
  Mex., 
  were 
  placed 
  on 
  public 
  view. 
  From 
  the 
  

  

  