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  ANNUAL, 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1922. 
  

  

  National 
  Geographic 
  Society's 
  expedition 
  in 
  Chaco 
  Canyon, 
  N. 
  

   Mex., 
  conducted 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Neil 
  M. 
  Judd, 
  considerable 
  material 
  was 
  

   forwarded. 
  

  

  An 
  ornate 
  gilt 
  bronze 
  statue 
  of 
  Buddha 
  from 
  the 
  Imperial 
  Palace 
  

   at 
  Peking, 
  containing 
  rolls 
  of 
  inscribed 
  prayers, 
  was 
  received 
  by 
  

   the 
  division 
  of 
  Old 
  World 
  archeology 
  from 
  Maj. 
  Murray 
  Warner 
  

   through 
  Mrs. 
  Gertrude 
  Bass 
  Warner, 
  of 
  Eugene, 
  Oreg. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hugo 
  Worch 
  has 
  added 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  pianos 
  to 
  his 
  collection, 
  

   and 
  especially 
  noteworthy 
  is 
  a 
  magnificent 
  gilt 
  harpischord 
  made 
  

   by 
  Pleyel, 
  Paris, 
  France. 
  The 
  collection 
  of 
  violins 
  bequeathed 
  to 
  

   the 
  Museum 
  under 
  the 
  terms 
  of 
  the 
  will 
  of 
  Dwight 
  J. 
  Partello 
  

   was 
  lost 
  to 
  the 
  Museum, 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  that 
  through 
  a 
  previous 
  

   bill 
  of 
  sale 
  the 
  collection 
  belonged 
  to 
  one 
  of 
  his 
  daughters. 
  

  

  In 
  art 
  textiles 
  mention 
  should 
  be 
  made 
  of 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  of 
  lace 
  of 
  high 
  class, 
  a 
  permanent 
  deposit 
  by 
  Miss 
  Emily 
  

   G. 
  Storrow. 
  In 
  ceramics 
  a 
  selection 
  of 
  American 
  art 
  pottery 
  was 
  

   supplied 
  for 
  the 
  exhibit 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art. 
  

  

  A 
  special 
  exhibit 
  of 
  tiles 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  and 
  assem- 
  

   bled 
  by 
  the 
  Associated 
  Tile 
  Manufacturers 
  to 
  illustrate 
  the 
  result 
  

   of 
  44 
  years' 
  development 
  of 
  an 
  American 
  industry 
  was 
  shown 
  

   from 
  May 
  16 
  to 
  June 
  20, 
  1922, 
  in 
  two 
  rooms 
  off 
  the 
  foyer 
  in 
  the 
  

   Natural 
  History 
  Building. 
  

  

  Biology. 
  — 
  From 
  the 
  numerical 
  standpoint 
  the 
  collections 
  of 
  the 
  

   department 
  of 
  biology 
  show 
  less 
  uniform 
  and 
  healthy 
  growth 
  than 
  

   during 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  1921. 
  The 
  actual 
  number 
  of 
  specimens 
  re- 
  

   ceived, 
  318,950, 
  represents, 
  it 
  is 
  true, 
  an 
  increase 
  over 
  the 
  previous 
  

   year, 
  but 
  this 
  increase 
  is 
  only 
  67,437, 
  while 
  the 
  year 
  1921 
  showed 
  

   an 
  increase 
  of 
  no 
  less 
  than 
  114,720 
  over 
  its 
  predecessor. 
  

  

  Together 
  with 
  the 
  decrease 
  in 
  relative 
  increment 
  has 
  gone 
  a 
  gen- 
  

   eral 
  decrease 
  in 
  the 
  scientific 
  importance 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  accessions. 
  

   Three 
  curators 
  regard 
  this 
  importance 
  as 
  increased 
  over 
  that 
  of 
  

   the 
  previous 
  year's 
  accessions, 
  but 
  only 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  (insects) 
  feels 
  

   called 
  upon 
  to 
  express 
  enthusiasm. 
  Of 
  the 
  six 
  others 
  five 
  report 
  

   essentially 
  stationary 
  conditions 
  and 
  one 
  (fishes) 
  a 
  falling 
  off. 
  

  

  The 
  great 
  outstanding 
  feature 
  among 
  this 
  year's 
  accessions 
  is 
  

   the 
  collection 
  of 
  about 
  100,000 
  insects 
  of 
  all 
  orders, 
  made 
  by 
  Dr. 
  

   William 
  M. 
  Mann 
  in 
  South 
  America, 
  chiefly 
  in 
  eastern 
  Bolivia. 
  

   In 
  Alaska 
  another 
  unusually 
  important 
  collection 
  of 
  insects 
  was 
  

   obtained 
  by 
  Dr. 
  John 
  M. 
  Aldrich. 
  The 
  final 
  consignment 
  of 
  Mr. 
  

   Hoy's 
  Australian 
  material 
  (mostly 
  vertebrates) 
  presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  

   William 
  L. 
  Abbott, 
  brings 
  the 
  important 
  and 
  successful 
  Australian 
  

   expedition 
  to 
  a 
  close. 
  

  

  The 
  National 
  Herbarium 
  through 
  cooperation 
  with 
  the 
  Depart- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  acquired 
  the 
  very 
  large 
  private 
  herbarium 
  of 
  

   Dr. 
  Otto 
  Buchtien 
  of 
  over 
  45,000 
  specimens, 
  rich 
  in 
  material 
  from 
  

  

  