62 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1926 
391 copies of gallery books, 449 copies of the Synopsis of History, 
and 3 floor plans of the building. 
During the past year 76 objects have been submitted for examina- 
tion and identification, and several Chinese and Japanese texts have 
been submitted for translation. 
Repairs to the building during the year include work on the roof, 
the repointing of stonework at the entrance, the resetting of a stone 
architrave, and many minor repairs. A full report of shopwork 
accompanies this report as Appendix C (not printed). 
ATTENDANCE 
The gallery has been open every day, with the exception of 
Mondays, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day, from 9 until 4.30. 
The total attendance for the year was 108,310. The aggregate 
Sunday attendance was 30,372, making an average of 584; the week- 
day attendance amounted to 77,938, with an average of 249. Of 
these visitors, 342 came to the study rooms to see objects not on 
exhibition or to consult books in the library, 15 to make copies or 
photographs, 52 to examine the building or equipment, 32 to submit 
objects for information concerning them, 33 for general informa- 
tion, and 261 to examine photographs. Six groups varying in num- 
ber from 20 to 148 made appointments for special study or instruc- 
tion regarding the collections. 
PERSON NEL 
Miss Katharine N. Rhoades, associate, was granted leave of ab- 
sence for a year, dating from October, 1925. 
Mr. Herbert E. Thompson, Boston, worked on the preservation 
of oil paintings and the Peacock Room. 
Mr. Y. Kinoshita of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, worked 
at the gallery during the winter months on the preservation of 
oriental paintings. 
Mr. A. G. Wenley, field assistant, returned to the gallery in the 
spring of 1926 for a four months’ stay before resuming field work. 
FIELD WORK 
Owing to disturbed conditions in China, archeological work in 
the field has been practically impossible. A detailed account of the 
activities of the field staff is contained in Appendix B submitted 
herewith (not printed). 
Respectfully submitted. 
J. E. Lover, Curator. 
Dr. CuartEes D. Watcort, 
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution, 
