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  ANlSrUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  192 
  9 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  : 
  The 
  National 
  Museum, 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art, 
  the 
  

   Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  Ethnology, 
  the 
  National 
  Zoological 
  Park, 
  the 
  

   Bureau 
  of 
  International 
  Exchanges, 
  the 
  Astrophysical 
  Observatory, 
  

   and 
  the 
  Regional 
  Bureau 
  of 
  the 
  International 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Scien- 
  

   tific 
  Literature. 
  Besides 
  these 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  administers 
  the 
  

   Freer 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art, 
  the 
  gift 
  of 
  Charles 
  L. 
  Freer 
  to 
  the 
  Institution 
  

   in 
  trust 
  for 
  the 
  American 
  people. 
  

  

  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  governmental 
  branches 
  of 
  the 
  Institution 
  the 
  most 
  impor- 
  

   tant 
  is 
  the 
  National 
  Museum. 
  On 
  the 
  one 
  hand 
  its 
  exhibitions 
  en- 
  

   tertain 
  and 
  instruct 
  visitors, 
  young 
  and 
  old, 
  from 
  all 
  parts 
  of 
  our 
  

   country 
  and 
  the 
  world. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  repository 
  of 
  an 
  

   enormous 
  number 
  of 
  specimens 
  of 
  fauna, 
  flora, 
  geology, 
  mineralogy, 
  

   history, 
  ethnology, 
  and 
  archeology, 
  representing 
  not 
  only 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  but 
  other 
  regions, 
  including 
  the 
  great 
  oceans. 
  These 
  collec- 
  

   tions 
  in 
  many 
  instances 
  can 
  no 
  longer 
  be 
  duplicated, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  

   changed 
  conditions 
  now 
  existing. 
  They 
  form 
  a 
  rich 
  basis 
  for 
  re- 
  

   search, 
  valuable 
  both 
  for 
  utilities 
  and 
  for 
  pure 
  science. 
  The 
  duty 
  also 
  

   devolves 
  on 
  us 
  of 
  continuing 
  explorations 
  and 
  collecting, 
  especially 
  

   where 
  the 
  conditions 
  tend 
  toward 
  the 
  early 
  loss 
  of 
  opportunities 
  now 
  

   available. 
  Only 
  in 
  this 
  way 
  can 
  the 
  interests 
  of 
  the 
  future 
  be 
  

   protected. 
  

  

  The 
  appropriations 
  for 
  the 
  maintenance 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  totaled 
  

   $748,024, 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  $97,064 
  over 
  the 
  preceding 
  year. 
  A 
  large 
  

   part 
  of 
  this 
  increase 
  was 
  provided 
  for 
  much-needed 
  adjustment 
  in 
  

   the 
  salaries 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  staff, 
  including 
  a 
  revision 
  of 
  the 
  sched- 
  

   ules 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  grades 
  and 
  a 
  one-rate 
  increase 
  for 
  employees 
  

   who 
  had 
  attained 
  proper 
  efficiency 
  ratings. 
  Although 
  the 
  effect 
  

   of 
  this 
  increase 
  in 
  salaries 
  was 
  immediately 
  apparent 
  in 
  improved 
  

   morale, 
  the 
  Museum 
  salary 
  rates 
  are 
  still 
  below 
  the 
  average 
  for 
  

   similar 
  organizations 
  in 
  the 
  Government 
  service, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  urgently 
  

   hoped 
  that 
  provision 
  may 
  be 
  made 
  for 
  a 
  further 
  one-rate 
  advance. 
  

   The 
  question 
  of 
  additions 
  to 
  the 
  personnel 
  is 
  of 
  growing 
  impor- 
  

   tance, 
  as 
  in 
  several 
  divisions 
  there 
  are 
  no 
  assistants 
  in 
  training 
  to 
  

   carry 
  on 
  the 
  work 
  when 
  the 
  older 
  men 
  are 
  gone, 
  and 
  for 
  certain 
  col- 
  

   lections 
  of 
  scientific 
  material 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  specialist 
  in 
  charge. 
  The 
  

   acute 
  housing 
  needs 
  of 
  the 
  IMuseum 
  include 
  additional 
  wings 
  on 
  

   the 
  Natural 
  History 
  Building 
  to 
  relieve 
  the 
  present 
  overcrowded 
  

   condition 
  and 
  a 
  more 
  adequate 
  and 
  modern 
  building 
  to 
  replace 
  the 
  

   old 
  Arts 
  and 
  Industries 
  Building, 
  constructed 
  nearly 
  50 
  years 
  ago 
  

   and 
  entirely 
  unsuited 
  to 
  present 
  requirements. 
  

  

  The 
  collections 
  have 
  been 
  increased 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  by 
  the 
  addi- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  545,191 
  specimens, 
  by 
  far 
  the 
  largest 
  part 
  of 
  these 
  coming 
  

   to 
  the 
  department 
  of 
  biology. 
  Gifts 
  to 
  schools 
  numbered 
  3,258 
  

  

  