﻿BEPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SEORETAEY 
  15 
  

  

  specimens, 
  and 
  23,326 
  were 
  sent 
  out 
  in 
  exchange 
  to 
  other 
  organiza- 
  

   tions 
  and 
  individuals. 
  Loans 
  to 
  scientific 
  workers 
  totaled 
  33,723 
  

   specimens. 
  

  

  The 
  department 
  of 
  anthropology 
  received 
  a 
  large 
  collection, 
  gath- 
  

   ered 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  B. 
  Collins, 
  jr., 
  from 
  islands 
  off 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Alaska, 
  

   of 
  ivory 
  and 
  bone 
  implements 
  illustrative 
  of 
  Eskimo 
  culture 
  from 
  

   very 
  early 
  times 
  to 
  the 
  period 
  of 
  Russian 
  exploration. 
  A 
  series 
  

   of 
  objects 
  representing 
  the 
  ethnology 
  of 
  the 
  Nigerian 
  and 
  Gold 
  

   Coast 
  in 
  Africa 
  was 
  presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  C. 
  Roberts 
  and 
  another 
  

   from 
  the 
  region 
  of 
  the 
  Belgian 
  Kongo 
  was 
  given 
  by 
  the 
  Rev. 
  Ellen 
  

   I. 
  Burk. 
  

  

  In 
  biology 
  there 
  was 
  received 
  the 
  valuable 
  collection 
  of 
  mammals, 
  

   birds, 
  and 
  insects 
  bequeathed 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  Col. 
  Wirt 
  Robinson, 
  and 
  

   large 
  series 
  of 
  birds 
  and 
  plants 
  obtained 
  in 
  hitherto 
  unrepresented 
  

   areas 
  of 
  western 
  China 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Joseph 
  F. 
  Rock, 
  presented 
  by 
  the 
  

   National 
  Geographic 
  Society. 
  Through 
  the 
  continued 
  work 
  of 
  

   Dr. 
  David 
  C. 
  Graham 
  large 
  collections 
  of 
  biological 
  material 
  from 
  

   western 
  China 
  were 
  received, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  C. 
  Leonard 
  collected 
  large 
  

   series 
  of 
  plants 
  in 
  Haiti 
  through 
  the 
  financial 
  assistance 
  of 
  Dr. 
  

   W. 
  L. 
  Abbott. 
  The 
  division 
  of 
  mammals 
  received 
  a 
  complete 
  skeleton 
  

   of 
  an 
  adult 
  sperm 
  whale, 
  the 
  gift 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Ippei 
  Yokoyama, 
  president 
  

   of 
  the 
  Oriental 
  Whaling 
  Co. 
  Nearly 
  200,000 
  land 
  shells 
  were 
  col- 
  

   lected 
  in 
  Cuba 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Paul 
  Bartsch, 
  under 
  the 
  Walter 
  Rathbone 
  

   Bacon 
  Traveling 
  Scholarship. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  department 
  of 
  geology 
  a 
  meteoric 
  iron 
  weighing 
  1,060 
  

   pounds, 
  from 
  New 
  Mexico, 
  was 
  purchased 
  through 
  the 
  Roebling 
  

   Fund. 
  The 
  mineral 
  collections 
  were 
  enriched 
  under 
  the 
  same 
  fund 
  

   by 
  the 
  addition 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  mass 
  of 
  pegmatite 
  from 
  Maine, 
  a 
  nugget 
  

   of 
  platinum 
  weighing 
  17.274 
  ounces 
  from 
  South 
  America, 
  and 
  a 
  cut 
  

   gem 
  of 
  benitoite 
  weighing 
  7.67 
  carats, 
  the 
  largest 
  known 
  cut 
  

   stone 
  of 
  this 
  material. 
  Through 
  the 
  Chamberlain 
  Fund 
  a 
  number 
  

   of 
  interesting 
  specimens 
  were 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  gem 
  collection. 
  Among 
  

   additions 
  to 
  the 
  fossil 
  collections 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned 
  remains 
  of 
  

   dinosaurs 
  of 
  several 
  species 
  brought 
  by 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  W. 
  Gilmore 
  from 
  

   Montana, 
  and 
  specimens 
  of 
  Pleistocene 
  mammals 
  collected 
  by 
  Doctor 
  

   Gidley 
  in 
  Florida. 
  

  

  The 
  arts 
  and 
  industries 
  department 
  received 
  many 
  valuable 
  addi- 
  

   tions, 
  including 
  three 
  early 
  types 
  of 
  Winton 
  automobiles, 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  engines 
  of 
  the 
  Army 
  airplane 
  Question 
  Mark^ 
  which 
  remained 
  in 
  

   the 
  air 
  nearly 
  seven 
  days, 
  and 
  an 
  exhibit 
  illustrating 
  the 
  entire 
  

   process 
  of 
  shoemaking 
  by 
  machinery. 
  The 
  most 
  important 
  accession 
  

   in 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  history 
  was 
  a 
  silk 
  dress 
  worn 
  by 
  Martha 
  Washing- 
  

   ton, 
  received 
  as 
  a 
  permanent 
  loan 
  from 
  Mrs. 
  Morris 
  Whitridge. 
  

  

  The 
  usual 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  field 
  expeditions 
  were 
  taken 
  part 
  in 
  

   by 
  the 
  Museum 
  ; 
  these 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  described 
  briefly 
  in 
  the 
  report 
  on 
  

  

  