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  ANNUAL 
  KEPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1927 
  

  

  only 
  in 
  many 
  branches 
  concerned 
  with 
  natural 
  science 
  but 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  

   field 
  of 
  history 
  and 
  the 
  manifold 
  phases 
  of 
  industrial 
  development. 
  

   In 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  to-day 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  increasing 
  group 
  that 
  is 
  

   definitely 
  interested 
  in 
  science 
  and 
  scientific 
  matters, 
  as 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  a 
  

   demand 
  for 
  authentic 
  scientific 
  news 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  press, 
  for 
  

   photographs 
  of 
  interesting 
  scientific 
  objects 
  for 
  publication, 
  and 
  by 
  

   the 
  general 
  attitude 
  of 
  the 
  public. 
  As 
  our 
  country 
  grows 
  the 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  those 
  financially 
  independent 
  who 
  turn 
  to 
  research 
  and 
  in- 
  

   vestigation 
  as 
  an 
  avocation 
  or 
  with 
  serious 
  desire 
  to 
  assist 
  in 
  human 
  

   knowledge 
  steadily 
  increases. 
  These 
  persons 
  find 
  in 
  scientific 
  

   matters 
  both 
  relaxation 
  and 
  inspiration, 
  recreation 
  and 
  serious 
  

   endeavor. 
  This 
  group 
  now 
  assists 
  tremendously 
  in 
  the 
  furtherance 
  

   of 
  scientific 
  development 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  a 
  steadily 
  increasing 
  force 
  in 
  

   that 
  direction 
  in 
  the 
  future. 
  From 
  their 
  financial 
  situation 
  these 
  

   persons 
  make 
  large 
  contributions 
  toward 
  Federal 
  income 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  

   of 
  taxes, 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  would 
  seem 
  logical 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  small 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   money 
  obtained 
  in 
  this 
  way 
  available 
  for 
  support 
  of 
  the 
  immediate 
  

   interests 
  of 
  the 
  contributors 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  increased 
  appropriations 
  

   for 
  the 
  governmental 
  bureaus 
  under 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  

   Institution. 
  

  

  COLLECTIONS 
  

  

  Additions 
  to 
  the 
  collections 
  this 
  fiscal 
  year 
  have 
  been 
  more 
  exten- 
  

   sive 
  than 
  in 
  any 
  preceding 
  year 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  1919, 
  as 
  

   the 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  specimens 
  received 
  has 
  amounted 
  to 
  402,531, 
  

   the 
  largest 
  additions 
  coming 
  in 
  the 
  departments 
  of 
  biology 
  and 
  geol- 
  

   ogy. 
  Material 
  sent 
  for 
  examination 
  and 
  report 
  amounted 
  to 
  1,371 
  

   lots 
  including 
  thousands 
  of 
  specimens. 
  Gifts 
  to 
  schools 
  and 
  other 
  

   educational 
  institutions 
  came 
  to 
  3,717 
  specimens. 
  As 
  exchanges 
  with 
  

   other 
  institutions, 
  31,747 
  specimens 
  of 
  duplicate 
  materials 
  were 
  sent 
  

   out 
  for 
  Avhich 
  much 
  of 
  value 
  was 
  received. 
  Approximately 
  25,000 
  

   specimens 
  were 
  loaned 
  for 
  study 
  to 
  various 
  specialists. 
  

  

  Following 
  is 
  a 
  digest 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  important 
  accessions 
  for 
  the 
  

   year 
  in 
  the 
  various 
  departments 
  and 
  divisions 
  in 
  the 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Antlivo'pology. 
  — 
  A 
  collection 
  of 
  specimens 
  obtained 
  by 
  Mr. 
  M. 
  W. 
  

   Stirling 
  during 
  a 
  prolonged 
  exploration 
  in 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  Dutch 
  

   New 
  Guinea 
  has 
  included 
  series 
  of 
  cultural 
  objects 
  entirely 
  ncAv 
  to 
  

   the 
  collections. 
  There 
  is 
  contained 
  much 
  previously 
  unknown 
  to 
  

   science, 
  secured 
  from 
  various 
  gi^oups 
  of 
  Papuans 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  pyg- 
  

   mies 
  of 
  the 
  Nassau 
  Eange 
  in 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  New 
  Guinea. 
  The 
  entire 
  

   collection 
  is 
  a 
  gift 
  to 
  the 
  Institution. 
  

  

  Several 
  valuable 
  collections 
  have 
  come 
  through 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  

   of 
  American 
  Ethnology 
  in 
  Alaska, 
  among 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned 
  

   examples 
  of 
  many 
  ancient 
  and 
  modern 
  artifacts 
  secured 
  by 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  

   Hrdlicka 
  in 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1926. 
  Gen. 
  Tasker 
  H. 
  Bliss 
  has 
  pre- 
  

  

  