﻿EEPORT 
  OP 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  23 
  

  

  cover 
  such 
  cases. 
  This 
  need 
  is 
  the 
  greater 
  since 
  the 
  continual 
  

   encroachment 
  of 
  civilization 
  on 
  natural 
  features 
  of 
  the 
  earth 
  is 
  

   rapidly 
  bringing 
  about 
  the 
  extermination 
  of 
  many 
  living 
  forms 
  and 
  

   the 
  destruction 
  of 
  natural 
  formations. 
  Additional 
  funds 
  are 
  needed 
  

   also 
  for 
  a 
  larger 
  scientific 
  staff. 
  Many 
  extensive 
  collections 
  are 
  now 
  

   without 
  curators, 
  and 
  in 
  many 
  divisions 
  there 
  should 
  be 
  younger 
  men 
  

   in 
  training 
  to 
  take 
  the 
  places 
  of 
  those 
  grown 
  old 
  in 
  the 
  service 
  of 
  the 
  

   Museum. 
  Increases 
  in 
  compensation 
  for 
  the 
  entire 
  staff 
  should 
  also 
  

   be 
  provided, 
  as 
  the 
  annual 
  efficiency 
  surveys 
  indicate 
  that 
  the 
  

   majority 
  of 
  the 
  employees 
  are 
  entitled 
  to 
  increases 
  for 
  which 
  at 
  

   present 
  no 
  funds 
  are 
  available. 
  

  

  The 
  Museum 
  received 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  a 
  larger 
  number 
  of 
  additions 
  

   to 
  the 
  collections 
  than 
  in 
  any 
  previous 
  year, 
  the 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  new 
  

   specimens 
  reaching 
  402,531. 
  The 
  Museum 
  presented 
  to 
  schools 
  3,717 
  

   specimens 
  during 
  the 
  year, 
  31,747 
  duplicates 
  were 
  sent 
  out 
  in 
  

   exchange, 
  and 
  25,000 
  specimens 
  were 
  loaned 
  to 
  specialists 
  for 
  study. 
  

   The 
  year's 
  important 
  accessions 
  are 
  listed 
  in 
  the 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  assistant 
  

   secretary 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  Museum, 
  which 
  forms 
  Appendix 
  1 
  of 
  this 
  

   report. 
  I 
  will 
  mention 
  here 
  but 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  interesting 
  

   additions. 
  

  

  In 
  anthropology 
  there 
  was 
  received 
  the 
  very 
  important 
  collection 
  

   resulting 
  from 
  Mr. 
  M. 
  W. 
  Stirling's 
  expedition 
  to 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  

   Dutch 
  New 
  Guinea, 
  containing 
  much 
  material 
  previously 
  unknown 
  

   to 
  science. 
  Gen. 
  Tasker 
  H. 
  Bliss 
  presented 
  several 
  hundred 
  specimens 
  

   of 
  costumes, 
  weapons, 
  weaving, 
  and 
  other 
  native 
  arts 
  from 
  the 
  Philip- 
  

   pines. 
  A 
  large 
  collection 
  of 
  pottery 
  and 
  other 
  material 
  resulting 
  

   from 
  Mr. 
  N. 
  M. 
  Judd's 
  excavations 
  at 
  Pueblo 
  Bonito, 
  N. 
  Mex., 
  was 
  

   presented 
  by 
  the 
  National 
  Geographic 
  Society. 
  Much 
  valuable 
  

   material 
  was 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  anthropological 
  collections 
  through 
  the 
  

   work 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  Ethnology, 
  notably 
  that 
  of 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  

   Walter 
  Fewkes 
  at 
  Eldon 
  Pueblo 
  in 
  Arizona, 
  Dr. 
  Ales 
  Hrdlicka 
  in 
  

   Alaska, 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  W. 
  Krieger 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  Columbia 
  River, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  

   H. 
  B. 
  Collins, 
  jr., 
  in 
  Louisiana 
  and 
  Mississippi. 
  

  

  The 
  department 
  of 
  biology 
  received 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  imj^ortant 
  

   collections, 
  including 
  Siamese 
  mammals, 
  birds, 
  and 
  other 
  forms 
  from 
  

   Dr. 
  Hugh 
  M. 
  Smith, 
  a 
  large 
  collection 
  of 
  crustaceans 
  from 
  South 
  

   America 
  gathered 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Waldo 
  L. 
  Schmitt, 
  two 
  important 
  collections 
  

   of 
  insects 
  from 
  Mr. 
  John 
  D. 
  Sherman 
  and 
  Dr. 
  William 
  Schaus, 
  and 
  

   zoological 
  material 
  from 
  A. 
  de 
  C. 
  Sowerby 
  working 
  under 
  the 
  

   auspices 
  of 
  Col. 
  R. 
  S. 
  Clark. 
  Mr. 
  B. 
  H. 
  Swales 
  and 
  Dr. 
  C. 
  W. 
  

   Richmond 
  each 
  presented 
  valuable 
  collections 
  of 
  birds 
  containing 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  forms 
  new 
  to 
  the 
  Museum, 
  and 
  Capt. 
  R. 
  A. 
  Bartlett 
  

   donated 
  over 
  700 
  specimens 
  of 
  marine 
  invertebrates 
  from 
  Greenland. 
  

   The 
  botanical 
  collections 
  were 
  enriched 
  by 
  the 
  great 
  gift 
  of 
  Capt. 
  

   John 
  Donnell 
  Smith, 
  already 
  mentioned, 
  by 
  11,000 
  Jamaican 
  plants, 
  

  

  