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upon gifts and exchanges, but even these means combined with the purchase 

 fund are not nearly sufficient to satisfy the important demands in this direction. 



In conjunction with the Institution, the Museum is participating extensively 

 in the government exhibit at the Alaska-Ynkon-Pacific Exposition at Seattle, 

 which opened on June 1 and will close on October 10. The general subject 

 which, in accordance with the law, the Institution and Museum were directed 

 to illustrate is that part of the national history of the United States which re- 

 lates to Alaska, the Philippine Islands, and that section of the country lying 

 west of the Rocky Mountains. Samoa and Guam have also been included. The 

 collections assembled for this purpose, obtained partly from original sources 

 and in part selected from the Museum exhibits, consist of models, pictures, and 

 actual objects, representing the peoples, conditions, etc., from prehistoric to 

 modern times. The exhibit is interesting and instructive and has been attrac- 

 tively arranged. 



The Museum, in conjunction with the Bureau of American Ethnology, also 

 sent to the International Photographic Exhibition at Dresden, Germany, a 

 series of enlarged photographic prints and transparencies covering a variety of 

 subjects, but designed to illustrate the perfection to which the art of photog- 

 raphy has attained in this country in the portrayal of scientific subjects. 



Respectfully submitted. 



Richard Rathbtjn, 

 Assistant Secretary in charge of U. 8. National Museum. 



Dr. Chaeles D. Walcott, 



Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



