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a hall devoted to the civilization of China. The same reason applies 

 to the two memorable paintings with their gay and vivid description 

 of social and commercial life in medieval China. The numerous scenes 

 displayed thereon have been interpreted in detail in a series of descrip- 

 tive labels freely suspended from the lower rim of the wall-case, so that 

 the interested visitor may hold them up to his eye to suit his convenience 

 in reading. During the year an unusual amount of work has been done 

 by the preparators. This was caused by the unusual demands made on 

 their time from the nature of the Chinese collections and of the material 

 brought from the South Pacific Islands by Assistant Curator Lewis. 

 Of the work done in the Modeling Section not a little has been in com- 

 pliance with requests from the Curator in charge of the Harris Public 

 School Extension. For work of this nature casts for many replicas of the 

 Igorot Ethnic Group, prepared last year, have been made. For the 

 Harris Extension also have been made the following: Ground- work 

 and houses for 8 coal-mines ; ground- work and accessories for 6 Spanish 

 forges; ground- work for 6 gopher groups; 6 Eskimo snow houses; 8 

 Eskimo figures; casts of 8 gold nuggets; i6 reproductions of cacao pods; 

 one piece-mold of cacao pod for wax casting; 6 miniature rhinoceroses; 

 6 miniature hippopotamuses. For the Department the following work 

 has been done by the Section of Modeling: For the Chinese Section, 42 

 papier-mache display figures, besides a large number of miscellaneous 

 rubbings, reproductions of seals, bronzes and porcelains, and iron 

 inscriptions, etc., also reproductions of various designs for display and 

 photography; for the North American Section, 12 papier-mache display 

 figures, 96 moccasin forms, and 66 plaster busts; for the Philippine 

 Section, 70 papier-mache displ^ay figures, used in installing, garments, 

 etc., ground-work for spirit houses and house models, and many mis- 

 cellaneous repairs and restorations. The most important work done by 

 the modelers during the year has been the preparation of a group to 

 be ready early next year, intended to occupy a case 12 feet square. 

 This will be a Bagobo group and comprise, among other things, seven 

 figures in life-size which have all been modeled from life. 



In the Department of Botany little new material for exhibition 

 purposes has been received during the past year, though that received 

 has been of great value to the series for installation. The principal 

 accessions were received from The Forest Economist of India, 56 fruits, 

 gums, oils, rubbers, and fibers; from The United States Appraiser's 

 Stores, specimens of imports of crude drugs and other vegetable sub- 

 stances; E. W. Blake, California, four tree trunks and a box of fruits 

 and nuts; The Pacific Improvement Company, California, four tree 

 trunks; H. H. Smith, Dendrologist, 13 local medical roots; Miss Jose- 



