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number many thousands and the collection forms one of the largest, 

 most important, and most interesting ever acquired by the Museum 

 through field work. Practically every region of Melanesia is rep- 

 resented. Dr. Lewis has supplemented his specimens by numerous 

 photographs, anthropometric measurements, and photographic records. 

 To date 277 cases have arrived at the Museum as a result of the expedi- 

 tion. Of these 91 have been received this year, and it is known that 

 at least 21 cases additional are on the way. A great many of these 

 cases exceed 10 feet in length, with other dimensions to correspond. 

 With a view to securing as much economic material as possible for 

 installation in the Department of Botany and to gain the co-operation 

 of botanical institutions in the far East, the Curator began, in August, 

 191 1, an expedition for that purpose. He visited Honolulu, where he 

 was accorded a welcome by Dr. Wm T. Brigham of the Bemice Pauahi 

 Bishop Museum, and collected about the city during a few hours' stop 

 at the Island. In Japan exchange relations were established with the 

 Imperial Botanical Institute in the Koishikawa, Tokio; the Japanese 

 Imperial Forestry Bureau at Meguro; and arrangements made with the 

 American Trading Company of Yokohama ; many interesting specimens 

 were secured from the city and village markets and shops. In the 

 identification of material valuable assistance was received from Pro- 

 fessors J. Matsumura and K. Fujii of the Botanical Institute. A few 

 hours' stop in Shanghai added other interesting specimens from the 

 bazaars, as did also those of Hong Kong and Canton. A nine days' 

 stop in Manila and Los Banos resulted in the establishment of exchange 

 relations and co-operative bases with the Philippine Bureaus of Forestry, 

 Education, Agriculture and Science, and some 60 specimens were 

 accumulated from the shops and markets. The longest stay was at 

 the Botanic Gardens, Buitenzoorg, Java, where the Curator was 

 accorded every convenience and facility in the laboratories and gardens, 

 and among the duplicate collections, as well as the valuable assistance 

 of the Director, Dr. Konigsberger and his assistant Dr. von Faber. 

 I Here Dr. Millspaugh made water color studies, photographs and 

 formaldehyde collections of a number of tropic genera for reproduction 

 by the Section of Modeling, as well as market and field collections 

 amounting to 250 specimens. In his searches through the markets he 

 was kindly assisted by Mr. Heyne of the Botanic Technological Muse- 

 um. In Burmah a nimiber of items of economic interest were secured 

 from the bazaars at Rangoon. In Calcutta he was given carte blanche 

 to select such material as was desired from the large surplus stock of 

 the Botanical Department of the India Museum and thus secured over 

 400 specimens of seeds, oils, gums, resins, dyes, etc. of more than 



