28 ANNUAL REPOET SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION^ 1913. 



the first evidence of the former extension of the range of the camel 

 beyond the Arctic Circle. 



The most important permanent addition to the division of history- 

 was the gift by Mr. Eben Appleton of the " Star Spangled Banner," 

 which he had allowed to be exhibited as a loan since 1907. This great 

 flag, about 30 feet square, is the one that waved over Fort McHenry 

 in September, 1814, and inspired Francis Scott Key to write the 

 national anthem. 



The division of physical anthropology has received several large 

 and valuable accessions of skeletal remains during recent years, one 

 of the most important recent additions being obtained in Mongolia, 

 where the curator was engaged in studies to discover the probable 

 origin of the American Indians. 



The National Gallery of Art was enriched by the gift of 12 paint- 

 ings, 7 of them presented by Mr. William T. Evans, and by 18 paint- 

 ings and 2 marble sculptures received as loans from friends of the 

 Gallery. 



It has been the custom for many years to distribute to schools and 

 colleges for teaching purposes, or to exchange with other institu- 

 tions, such duplicate natural history specimens as are no longer 

 needed for scientific study by the Museum staif. During the past 

 year about 30,000 specimens were thus utilized for educational pur- 

 poses or to secure new material for the Museum. 



The number of visitors to the new building during the year was 

 261,636 on week days and 58,170 on Sundays, the largest attendance 

 being 13,236 on March 5, the day following the inauguration of the 

 President. 



The publications issued by the Museum included about 100 papers 

 from the Proceedings and a number of Contributions from the 

 National Herbarium, besides two completed volumes of Proceedings 

 and two Bulletins. The total distribution of earlier and current 

 publications was 71,600 copies. 



Mention is made on another page of the fitting up of rooms in the 

 new building for the accommodation of such portions of the Mu- 

 seum library as pertain chiefly to natural history subjects, books on 

 other topics being retained in the older buildings. The total con- 

 tents of the library at the close of the year was 43,692 volumes and 

 72,042 papers of all kinds. 



Meetings of various scientific organizations were held in the Mu- 

 seum auditorium and adjacent rooms, and there were several formal 

 receptions which* are noted in the report of the assistant secretary. 



BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY. 



Ethnological researches have been continued in accordance with 

 law, among the American Indians and the natives of Hawaii, includ- 



