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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION  1238

Biologists come regularly to the island to make studies of the fauna and flora. Since the Island was first set aside for scientific research some 400 publications have been made on research carried on here in the fields of entomology, forestry, and medicine with special reference to the control of termites, fruit flies and mosquitoes.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SMITHSONIAN ART COMMISSION

The Secretary made the following report:

The twenty-fourth annual meeting was held on December 6, 1946. Nine members were present, and, acting as the Advisory Committee on the acceptance of works of art which had been offered to the National Collection of Fine Arts since the last meeting, recommended the following works for acceptance for the National Collection of Fine Arts:

Self Portrait, by G. P. A. Healy, Gift of Ruel P. Tolman.

Plaster bust of Charles Henry Niehaus, by Adolph Alexander Weinman. Gift of Miss Marie J. Niehaus.

Plaster plaque of Joseph Pennell, by John Flanagan.
Gift of Miss A. Margaretta Archambault.

Raku Tea Bowl. Gift of Miss Catherine Ames.

Miniature, Portrait of a Man, by Georges Catlin. Gift of Bernard N. Burnstine.

Twenty-three miniatures and one silver medal. Gift of Mrs. Henry DuPre Bounetheau:

Mrs. Arthur Middleton, by Henry B. Bounetheau (1797-1877)
Peter Bounetheau in Magistrate's Robes, by Henry B. Bounetheau
Peter Bounetheau, by Henry Benbridge (1744-1812)
Mrs. John Middleton, by Henry B. Bounetheau after an English artist
Self Portrait, 1867, after 1850 picture, by Henry B. Bounetheau

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