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17. 8. Give the names of persons who have prosecuted investigations in your department during the year , and state the spe[[strikethrough]]a[[/strikethrough]]cial aim of their studies. Mr. Charles Richards Dodge, of the Department of Agriculture, made investigations into fibre-fabric from Lake Tanganyka, Central Africa. Miss Georgie Leonard, of Washington D. C., South American Antiquities. J. D. McGuire, Esq., Ellicott City, Md.: Pipes. Countess Luise Ross, of the German Embassy, and Miss Tuckerman, of Washington, D.C., became interested in archaeological investigations and made special appointments for some months with the Curator, request^[[ing]] his instruction and explanation of the objects in his department.