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has been begun, electric meters have been installed, cheesecloth 

 screens have been provided for the ventilators in all the storage 

 rooms, and necessary drains have been set in the lower floor at 

 A arions places. 



PERSONNEL. 



Grace Dunham Guest was appointed assistant curator on January 

 1, 1922. 



Ruth W. Helsley resigned, her resignation taking effect March 1, 

 1922. 



Ruth L. Walker was appointed to fill Mrs. Helsley's post as stenog- 

 rapher on February 15, 1922. 



Carl W. Bishop was appointed associate curator on April 9, 1922. 



Miss Guest was given a two months' leave, and she sailed for 

 Europe on June 24, 1922, to act as delegate from the Freer Gallery 

 of Art to the double centennial meeting of the Societe Asiatique de 

 Paris, and also to study collections of oriental art — especially ce- 

 ramics — in England, France, and Germany, 



Respectfully submitted. 



J. E. Lodge, 

 Cwmtor^ Freer Gallery of Art. 



Dr. Charles D. Walcott, 



Secretary., Smithsonian Institution. 



