APPENDIX 1. 

 EEPOET ON THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Siij : I have the honor to submit the folloTvin<r report on the opera-- 

 tions of the United States National Museum for the fiscal year ending 

 June 30, 1922. 



The year, a busy one, was marked by the multiplicity of activities, 

 and advancement is shown in a number of directions. As set forth 

 in the last report, the Museum is receiving practically the same ap- 

 propriation that it did 11 years ago, in spite of increased scope, addi- 

 tional collections, and advanced cost of all material and labor neces- 

 sary to its maintenance. That the Museum attains the fine results 

 recorded from year to ^rear is owing, in large measure, to the personal 

 qualities of the members of its staff, to whom much credit is due. 



The organization and staff of the Museum have undergone no note- 

 worthy changes; policy and plans have remained opportunistic in 

 the absence of funds to enable them to be considered in advance. 



Of prime importance this year was the receipt and installation 

 of the Herbert Ward collection of sculptures oi African natives 

 and of African ethnological specimens. Like the bequest of James 

 Smithson to the United States, this gift from a British subject to 

 the American people is unique and deserves mention also as a won- 

 derful representation of the native dignity of an aborginal race, 

 typical of all aborigines. Its installation is notewortliy as marking 

 an advance in the display of such objects. 



A beginning was made under the terms of the will of Dr. Morris 

 Loeb for the establishment of the Loeb collection of chemical types 

 in the National Museum. This collection forms a separate entity in 

 the department of arts and industries. An advisory committee 

 cooperates in its management, consisting of Dr. C. L. Alsberg, chair- 

 man ; Dr. Victor Lenher, Mr. James K. Senior, Dr. G. C. Spencer, 

 representing the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agri- 

 culture; and Mr. F. L. Lewton, representing the Museum and in 

 charge of the collection. 



The two specially constructed storage cabinets were received from 



the Chemists' Club of New York City, and a portion of the original 



material of each of seven new chemical compounds, discovered and 



prepared in the Department of Agriculture, were transferred to the 



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