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  was 
  made 
  collaborator 
  in 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  plants 
  for 
  one 
  year 
  from 
  

   October 
  1, 
  1926. 
  Dr. 
  Joseph 
  A. 
  Cushman, 
  internationally 
  known 
  for 
  

   his 
  work 
  on 
  foraminifera, 
  was 
  appointed 
  collaborator 
  in 
  the 
  division 
  

   of 
  stratigraphic 
  paleontology 
  for 
  the 
  period 
  of 
  six 
  months 
  beginning 
  

   May 
  10, 
  1927. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  T. 
  D. 
  Stewart 
  was 
  permanently 
  appointed 
  as 
  aid 
  in 
  the 
  

   division 
  of 
  physical 
  anthropology 
  on 
  March 
  1, 
  1927. 
  Miss 
  Doris 
  M. 
  

   Cochran 
  was 
  promoted 
  from 
  aid 
  to 
  assistant 
  curator 
  in 
  the 
  division 
  

   of 
  reptiles 
  and 
  batrachians 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  date. 
  On 
  July 
  1, 
  1926, 
  Miss 
  

   Margaret 
  W. 
  Moocley, 
  in 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  geology, 
  was 
  advanced 
  from 
  

   recorder 
  to 
  aid. 
  Dr. 
  Paul 
  Bartsch, 
  curator 
  of 
  mollusks 
  in 
  the 
  de- 
  

   partment 
  of 
  biology, 
  was 
  given 
  added 
  appointment 
  on 
  April 
  18, 
  1927, 
  

   as 
  curator 
  of 
  Cenozoic 
  invertebrates 
  in 
  the 
  department 
  of 
  geology. 
  

  

  Under 
  the 
  National 
  Museum 
  there 
  were 
  97 
  separations 
  from 
  the 
  

   service 
  during 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  in 
  question, 
  which 
  amounts 
  to 
  an 
  annual 
  

   turnover 
  of 
  27.3 
  per 
  cent. 
  Most 
  of 
  this 
  has 
  come 
  among 
  the 
  guard 
  

   and 
  mechanical 
  force. 
  The 
  resulting 
  condition 
  is 
  serious, 
  since 
  it 
  has 
  

   made 
  it 
  difficult 
  to 
  keep 
  the 
  minor 
  positions 
  filled 
  in 
  a 
  manner 
  neces- 
  

   sary 
  for 
  the 
  j)roper 
  performance 
  of 
  required 
  duties. 
  It 
  is 
  hoped 
  

   that 
  the 
  slight 
  advances 
  given 
  in 
  salaries 
  on 
  July 
  1, 
  1927, 
  may 
  some- 
  

   what 
  alleviate 
  this 
  condition, 
  but 
  further 
  increases 
  should 
  be 
  made 
  

   possible 
  to 
  enable 
  the 
  Museum 
  to 
  maintain 
  a 
  permanent 
  staff 
  in 
  the 
  

   positions 
  in 
  question. 
  

  

  The 
  Museum 
  was 
  deprived 
  by 
  death 
  of 
  several 
  important 
  members 
  

   of 
  its 
  scientific 
  staff, 
  all 
  of 
  whom 
  had 
  long 
  been 
  associated 
  with 
  its 
  

   work. 
  First 
  among 
  these 
  was 
  Dr. 
  Charles 
  D. 
  Walcott, 
  secretary 
  of 
  

   the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  and 
  keeper 
  ex 
  officio 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  

   Museum, 
  whose 
  death 
  came 
  February 
  9, 
  1927. 
  Dr. 
  Frank 
  H. 
  Knowl- 
  

   ton, 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Survey, 
  honorary 
  custodian 
  of 
  Mesozoic 
  plants 
  

   since 
  1894, 
  died 
  on 
  November 
  22, 
  1926. 
  Dr. 
  Paul 
  Haupt, 
  associate 
  in 
  

   historic 
  archeology 
  since 
  1905, 
  died 
  on 
  February 
  17, 
  1926. 
  Dr. 
  Wil- 
  

   liam 
  Healey 
  Dall, 
  honorary 
  curator 
  of 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  mollusks 
  and 
  

   of 
  Cenozoic 
  invertebrates, 
  who 
  was 
  affiliated 
  with 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  

   Institution 
  and 
  the 
  National 
  Museum 
  for 
  a 
  period 
  of 
  58 
  years, 
  died 
  

   on 
  March 
  27, 
  1927. 
  Another 
  loss 
  by 
  death 
  was 
  that 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Geo. 
  C. 
  

   McClain, 
  for 
  over 
  40 
  years 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  mechanical 
  force 
  of 
  the 
  

   Nal^nal 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Respectfully 
  submitted. 
  

  

  Alexander 
  Wetmore, 
  

  

  Assistant 
  Secretary, 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Charles 
  G. 
  Abbot, 
  

  

  Acting 
  Secretary^ 
  SinitJisonian 
  Institutiov. 
  

  

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