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merits were made during the } 7 ear. Under the direction of the Secre- 

 tary, Mr. Smillie also devoted considerable time to recording- the 

 flight of birds by means of telephoto cameras stationed at elevated 

 points in the Zoological Park. He likewise rendered assistance to the 

 Civil Service Commission in the examination of applicants for posi- 

 tions in the Government service requiring- a practical knowledge of 

 photography. 



COOPERATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS OF THE GOVERNMENT. 



The Museum has received, as usual, important assistance from sev- 

 eral of the Departments and bureaus of the Government. Its relations 

 to the U. S. Geological Surve} r , the Bureau of Fisheries, the Biolog- 

 ical Survey and Divisions of Entomology and Botany of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, and the Bureau of American Ethnology, 

 especially in regard to the transfer of collections, have been referred 

 to elsewhere. Officers of the Army and Navy stationed in the new 

 possessions have made valuable contributions, and representatives 

 abroad of the Department of State have been instrumental in securing 

 interesting material. The Departments of War and of the Navy have 

 rendered generous help toward building up the collections of history 

 and of the implements of war, having presented and deposited during 

 the year many objects of exceeding interest and value. The Arm} 7 

 Medical Museum has also cooperated most liberally in promoting the 

 welfare of the recently established Division of Ph}-sical Anthropology. 

 Special acknowledgments are due to the Quartermasters' Department 

 of the Army for many courtesies in connection with the transporta- 

 tion of specimens and outfits to and from distant points, and to the 

 Treasury Department for the prompt admission and shipment to 

 Washington of specimens received from abroad at several of the 

 custom-houses. 



EXPOSITIONS. 



Louisiana Purchase Exposition. — The exhibits of the National Mu- 

 seum, together with those of the Smithsonian Institution and of the 

 other Government branches under its direction, were practically all in 

 place in the Government building at St. Louis on the opening day, 

 April 30, 1904. Under the direction of Dr. F. W. True, who represents 

 the Institution and the Museum on the Government board, no pains 

 have been spared to make this display both interesting and noteworthy. 



The anthropological exhibits of both the Museum and the Bureau 

 of American Ethnology were assembled under the supervision of Mr. 

 W. H. Holmes, whose principal aim in the former connection has been 

 to illustrate the higher culture of the native American peoples as shown 

 in their arts and industries, the specimens selected being as far as pos- 

 sible the most typical of their kind. Among them are examples of 



