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series of photographs of the principal types found in this 

 region. 



Mr. George C. Longley enriched his Jamaica collection by 

 a large number of stone celts, potsherds and bird, fish and 

 animal bones from cave deposits. This gift has been added to 

 the very large collection previously presented by Mr. Longley, 

 and will be found on exhibition in a section of the South 

 American Gallery. 



There were many other noteworthy gifts to our general 

 collections, the enumeration of which will be found in the 

 tabulated list of accessions, but mention may be made of an 

 Eskimo collection from the late Mr. H. V. Radford, an eth- 

 nological collection from the Indians of the Plains and the 

 Southwest by Dr. J. V. Lauderdale and a series of stone and 

 pottery objects, from the Province of Bogota, Colombia, by 

 Dr. Jose M. Rosales. These and the other gifts in the table 

 are gratefully received, for by this steady accumulation our 

 study and exhibition collections are made increasingly useful. 



Our collections were also strengthened by a number of pur- 

 chases from the income of the Jesup Fund. An archaeologi- 

 cal collection from the Island of Marajo, Brazil, collected by 

 Mr. Algot Lange, was purchased. This contains some 2,700 

 specimens, chiefly pottery. A large African collection from 

 Barotseland was procured as a gift in memory of Mrs. Samuel 

 Lawrence. In addition to these large items there was a 

 number of smaller purchases to supplement our North Ameri- 

 can collections, which are listed under accessions. 



The scientific survey of Porto Rico by the New York 

 Academy of Sciences has included archaeological work among 

 its many activities. This work was under the immediate 

 direction of Professor Franz Boas of Columbia University. 

 As the Museum was a contributor to the field funds of the 

 Academy, the collections are deposited here. The excava- 

 tions this year included the clearing out of several cave 

 deposits and the partial uncovering of a village site. The 

 caves yielded skeletal material only. The village site proves 

 to be of unusual interest but cannot be fully reported upon at 

 present. 



