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some very elaborate. The different types of clubs and spears, including 

 those terminating in worked human bone, are completely represented. 

 Native life on the island of New Hanover is shown in another case. The 

 elaborately decorated clubs and spears of St. Matthias together with 

 large ornamented combs, and woven mats and belts occupy two cases. 

 The same nimiber of cases illustrates the culture of Lihir, Aneri, Tanga, 

 Nissan, small islands east of New Ireland, the manufacture of shell arm 

 rings from Tanga and shell money from Nissan being especially note- 

 worthy. Two further cases are concerned with Lord Howe, Mortlock, 

 Tasman, and Sikaiana, small islands lying north of the Solomons, but 

 showing a culture with Micronesian and Polynesian, rather than Mel- 

 anesian affinities. New Britain is represented by a very complete col- 

 lection, in sixteen cases, from the Gazelle Peninstda. It includes many 

 valuable old specimens obtained and figured by Richard Parkinson, also 

 a number of remarkable Baining and Sidka masks, numerous specimens 

 from central and western New Britain as well as from the neighboring 

 islands, showing a strong New Guinea influence. A representative 

 collection from the southwest coast about Cape Merkus illustrates the 

 life and industries of the people. There is a series of their finely carved 

 wooden bowls, coiled baskets, painted bark-cloth, feather head-dresses 

 used in dances, and personal ornaments. The Philippine material 

 has been revised and partially reinstalled. The models of Chinese 

 pagodas have been installed in three standard four-feet cases and eight 

 special cases arranged in Hall 48 of the East Annex. This Hall was 

 opened to the public at the end of the year. The Chinese gateway has 

 been erected on the east side of the Rotunda. 



In the Department of Botany the following cases have been in- 

 stalled, labeled and placed on exhibition: in the American Forestry 

 Series: Sweet Buckeye; Fraser's Fir; Southern Red Cedar; Loblolly 

 Bay; Silver Bell; Pennsylvania Cherry; Ogeche Lime; Water Gtmi; 

 Black Cherry; and Basswood. Specimens, with their labels, sufficient 

 for the installation of twelve other cases have been fully prepared and 

 are ready to be put in place as soon as the cases for their accommodation 

 are furnished. Installation in the herbarium cases has been sadly 

 interfered with on account of lack of space in the rooms available to this 

 section of the department. It has become necessary to remove from 

 installation all specimens in the lower plant orders, wrap them up in 

 bundles and store them away, in order to give up their place in the cases 

 to families more frequently consulted. This has also been necessary in 

 the case of newly arriving Eurasian plants, until the end of the year 

 reveals over three hundred such bundles rendered unavailable for study- 

 or reference. A discouraging amount of time and labor had to be 



