﻿EEPOET 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  65 
  

  

  the 
  year 
  was 
  110,753. 
  The 
  aggregate 
  Sunday 
  attendance 
  was 
  31,254, 
  

   making 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  601 
  ; 
  the 
  week-day 
  attendance 
  amounted 
  to 
  

   79,499, 
  with 
  a 
  daily 
  average 
  of 
  307. 
  Of 
  these 
  visitors, 
  823 
  came 
  to 
  

   the 
  main 
  offices 
  — 
  367 
  to 
  take 
  advantage 
  of 
  the 
  facilities 
  for 
  study 
  

   in 
  the 
  library 
  and 
  storage 
  rooms; 
  84 
  to 
  see 
  the 
  facsimiles 
  of 
  the 
  

   biblical 
  manuscripts 
  ; 
  7 
  to 
  make 
  drawings 
  and 
  sketches 
  ; 
  53 
  to 
  submit 
  

   objects 
  for 
  examination, 
  142 
  for 
  general 
  information, 
  and 
  197 
  to 
  

   examine 
  or 
  purchase 
  photographs. 
  Fortj'^-five 
  persons 
  interested 
  in 
  

   museum 
  work 
  made 
  a 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  building 
  and 
  its 
  equipment. 
  

   Twenty-four 
  groups 
  of 
  people, 
  representing 
  several 
  schools 
  and 
  

   other 
  organizations, 
  were 
  given 
  docent 
  service 
  in 
  the 
  galleries. 
  

  

  FIELD 
  WORK 
  

  

  The 
  most 
  important 
  single 
  undertaking 
  of 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  in 
  the 
  

   field 
  was 
  the 
  preliminary 
  excavation 
  of 
  an 
  interesting 
  prehistoric 
  

   site 
  in 
  Shansi 
  Province, 
  from 
  which 
  a 
  large 
  amount 
  — 
  76 
  cases 
  in 
  

   all 
  — 
  of 
  valuable 
  material 
  was 
  recovered. 
  This 
  piece 
  of 
  work 
  was 
  

   carried 
  out 
  last 
  autumn 
  under 
  the 
  immediate 
  supervision 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Chi 
  

   Li, 
  whose 
  full 
  rejDort 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  course 
  of 
  preparation. 
  A 
  general 
  

   account 
  of 
  the 
  activities 
  of 
  the 
  field 
  staff 
  is, 
  however, 
  contained 
  in 
  

   Appendix 
  B, 
  submitted 
  herewith 
  (not 
  printed). 
  

  

  PERSONNEL 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Herbert 
  E. 
  Thompson, 
  Boston, 
  with 
  his 
  assistants, 
  C. 
  E. 
  

   Durham 
  and 
  Alfred 
  Lowe, 
  worked 
  on 
  the 
  preservation 
  of 
  the 
  

   Peacock 
  Room 
  and 
  one 
  oil 
  painting. 
  

  

  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, 
  spent 
  the 
  winter 
  in 
  study 
  at 
  

   the 
  College 
  de 
  France, 
  Paris. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  C. 
  W. 
  Bishop, 
  associate 
  curator, 
  has 
  been 
  temporarily 
  recalled 
  

   to 
  the 
  gallery. 
  

  

  Respectfully 
  submitted. 
  

  

  J. 
  E. 
  Lodge, 
  

   Curator, 
  Freer 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  C. 
  G. 
  Abbot, 
  

  

  Acting 
  Secretary^ 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution. 
  

  

  