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December, 191 2, Assistant Curator Lewis left a small simi in care of 

 F. J. F. van Hasselt, a missionary stationed there, for the purpose of 

 obtaining specimens from the north coast of Dutch New Guinea. This 

 missionary was in the habit of taking trips every year to various parts 

 of the coast, and stated that in the course of two or three years he could 

 easily make a fairly representative collection. Owing to long delays 

 in shipping caused by war conditions, the material arrived here only in 

 July of this year. The collection comprises over three hundred speci- 

 mens from various places along the north coast of Dutch New Guinea, 

 including some fine large wooden figures, house ornaments, and about 

 twenty-five ancestral images, called korwar. These are rare and valu- 

 able. Weapons, implements, household utensils, clothing and orna- 

 ments are all well represented. This part of New Guinea has been more 

 or less visited by Europeans for many years, and very little of original 

 native workmanship is at present to be had. The influx of the nu- 

 merous Chinese and Malays settled along the coast has also tended to 

 destroy or modify the native industries. Hence, but little from this 

 region can be obtained, and that often betrays foreign influence. 



The Department of Botany received the following important ad- 

 ditions to its herbarium during the year: From the Philippine Bureau of 

 Sciences 646 plants of the Philippines; Miss Anna K!ing 300 specimens 

 from Illinois; Paul C. Standley 285 Mexican plants of Ars^ne and 

 Nicolas; B. F. Bush 70 plants of Missouri; Geological Survey of Canada 

 248 Canadian plants; Mrs. Stanley Field Plant Reproduction Section 

 102 plants of Georgia and Florida; Bemice Pauhai Bishop Musetmi 

 262 Hawaiian plants; The New York Botanical Garden 507 West 

 Indian plants; C. F. Millspaugh 65 Wisconsin plants; H. M. Denslow 

 73 New England plants, and F. E. McDonald 63 plants of Illinois. 

 The regional distribution of ftilly organized material to the herbarium 

 in 191 9 is shown in the following tabulation: 





Added to 



Total 





Herbarium 



now in 



LOCALITY. 



1919 



Herbarium 



North America (in general) 



.... 40 



123 





.... 4 



1,350 



Canada 



.... 4 



909 



Alberta 



. . . . 122 



1.273 







3 





.... 3 



3 



British Columbia 



.... 33 



1,486 



Queen Charlotte Island 



.... 3 



lOI 



Vancouver Island 



.... 48 



758 







I 





. . . . I 



7 





8 



427 



