quirement by gift of an installment of a rich collection of 
art works of European origin from Rev. A. D. Pell, of New 
York. 
Notwithstanding the prevailing labor conditions much 
progress was made during the year on the building being 
erected by the Institution at the expense of Mr. Charles L. 
Preer, on the southwestern corner of the Smithsonian reserva- 
tion, to house the Freer collections of American and oriental 
art. The building was entirely inclosed at the end of the 
year, the exterior granite and marble walls and the roofs 
being completed. Work on the interior is now pioshossia) 
satisfactorily, and it is expected that the structure will be 
entirely finished this autumn. (Page 35.) 
