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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 884 
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charge when the work was initiated in 1925, by my predecessor, Dr.Charles D. Walcott. 

So far, more than 300 sets of the De Luxe Edition, designed for the purpose of financing the undertaking, have been disposed of, in addition to a large number of Library sets. The contract price for printing and binding the books was $225,500.00, on which there is at this time a balance still due of $39,900.00.

[[underlined]] Smithsonian Guide Book [[/underlined]]. The little 80-page brochure, designed as a brief guide for visitors to the various buildings, has met with ready favor, more than Sixty thousand copies having been sold since January. With its many illustrations of striking exhibits, as well as diagrams showing how best to see the collections, the book contains a wealth of education data, and, at the same time, will each year provide a small fund for research.

[[underlined]] U.S.National Museum. [[/underlined]] At the request of the Secretary, Dr.Wetmore stated that Dr.Ales Hrdlicka had continued his explorations in Alaska, visiting the region on the Nushagek River and its tributaries, the Alaska Peninsula, and the Kodiak Island in southwestern Alaska. He located numerous village sites in this area, where examples of art suggesting a new culture were found.
 
Work on St.Lawrence Island begun several years ago by Henry B. Collins, Jr., was continued by his assistants, James A. Ford and Moreau B. Chambers with results in material that were very satisfactory. Near the close of the season Mr. Ford sailed for Point Barrow, where he arranged to winter and continue his investigations next summer.
 
Neil M. Judd visited the Nantack Mountains in southern Arizona, in quest of the Basket Maker caves, returning with some valuable material. He also visited several sites in Virginia in connection with the archeologica-historical work of D.I.Bushnell,Jr.

C.W.Gilmore, operating in Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming, acquired approximately 1200 specimens of vertebrate fossils, including much important