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of three Hopi altar-mosaics of the Powamu ceremony in papier-machd 

 and in their correct colors have been made, which may eventually 

 replace the present mosaics of sand. In view of the importance of the 

 packing operations, the repair section of the Department was tempor- 

 arily closed until October ist. Careful attention was devoted to the 

 treatment of the Egyptian sculptural stones in the Department, which 

 was carried on imder the supervision of the Curator of Geology. The 

 results thus far obtained are very satisfactory. Seventy-five cases 

 were cleaned and poisoned during the year. The appointment of Miss 

 Helen C. Gunsaulus as Assistant Curator of Japanese Ethnology, 

 permits the systematic and intelligent study and disposition of con- 

 siderable material in this division already in the possession of the De- 

 partment of Anthropology. Miss Gunsaulus brings to the work she 

 has undertaken, studious habit and special training, with enthusiasm 

 and aptness for museum practice, as the work thus far done upon the 

 collections in this division gives evidence. 



The Department of Botany installed no cases during the year, 

 the time of the staff being expended in packing for removal to the new 

 building. All the exhibition cases in the department were securely 

 packed for transportation; this packing being so done that the contents 

 of each case may be retiimed thereto with a minimum of time expended. 

 Such specimens as could not be fastened securely in situ in the cases, 

 were enclosed in cartons and packed in the lockers of the cases to which 

 they pertain. The base lockers in each case were utilized for packing. 

 In them were placed all duplicate and study specimens, each in an 

 individual paper box or corrugated paper parcel, and all bottles enclosed 

 in "egg-case" partitioned cartons designed to fit the bottles. 

 Thus the specimens of each case remain with the case to which they 

 pertain. Lockers not needed for the case contents were packed with 

 bundles of moimted plants belonging to the herbarium collections. 

 The exhibition cases are now all ready for removal and labeled as to the 

 hall and spot on the floor of each hall that they are to occupy in the new 

 building. Notwithstanding this packing, a large number of the 

 cases are still on creditable exhibit, not materially disturbed though fully 

 ready for transportation. In addition to the exhibition case packing, 

 over 480 nimibered boxes and crates of material have been packed for 

 removal. In all cases a complete record has been kept of the packages 

 and their contents. While the herbarium has not yet been disorganized, 

 it has been made ready for packing while still referable. This and the 

 appurtenances of the offices and laboratories can be prepared for 

 removal promptly after transportation actually begins. The plant 

 reproductions made in the Mrs. Stanley Field Laboratories, have been 



