Special Gifts and Acknowledgments 45 



Mr. Alfred Ehrenreich, President of the Ocean Leather 

 Company, generously made provision that our taxidermsit, 

 Mr. J. C. Bell, should be provided with quarters, meals, stor- 

 age and other assistance at the Company's station at More- 

 head City, N. C, in order that he might obtain a series of 

 molds of sharks. Mr. A. W. Berner, representative of the 

 Company at Morehead City, kindly made provision for trans- 

 portation for Mr. Bell and supplies to and from their factory, 

 two miles distant. 



Mr. Russell J. Coles contributed* material and assistance 

 to the expedition. 



President James Asbury Allison, of the Miami Aquarium 

 Association, extended courtesies to Mr. Nichols on his col- 

 lecting trip in Florida and vicinity. 



The Governor of the French possessions of the Pacific Ocean 

 gave to his various representatives instructions to facilitate 

 Mr. Rollo H. Beck's ornithological survey of the Pacific 

 Islands. 



The Wai Chiao Pu (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) freely 

 granted permits for the Second Asiatic Expedition to travel 

 throughout China, and extended other courtesies, for which 

 we wish to express our appreciation. The expedition was 

 under the leadership of Mr. Roy Chapman Andrews. 



In Peking, His Excellency Dr. Paul S. Reinsch, formerly 

 American Minister to China; Dr. C. D. Tenney, Charge 

 d' Affaires of the American Legation; Mr. Willys Peck, 

 Chinese Secretary of the American Legation; Mr. Ernest B. 

 Price, Assistant Chinese Secretary of the American Legation, 

 and other members of the Legation staff assisted the expedi- 

 tion in obtaining import permits and in other details connected 

 with the Chinese Government. 



Mr. A. M. Guptil acted as the Peking representative of the 

 Second Asiatic Expedition while the expedition was in the 

 field, and assumed much annoying detail in forwarding and 

 receiving shipments of supplies and equipment. Other gentle- 

 men in Peking who rendered assistance in various ways are 

 Commander I. V. Gillis and C. T. Hutchins, Naval Attache 



