Street and Kentucky Avenue, S.E., dedicated. Dec. 2. First First electric cars operated across Key Dec. 16. 71st anniversary of first publication of The Evening Star. Dec. 17. Ground broken for new building, Unit No. 1, of George Washington University at 21st and G. Streets, N.W. Dec. 20. Announcement made of sale of old Wesley Chapel at 5th and F Streets to Seventh Day Adventists. Dec. 21. Langley Junior High School at 2d and T Streets occupied for the first time. Dec. 23. New Italian Baptist Church at New York Avenue and Kirby Street dedicated. Dec. 31. There are 65,025 employees in the Federal Civil Service in the D. C., a reduction of 52,735 since the armistice. Instructive Visiting Nurses Society made 56,334 home calls during year upon 6,748 patients. 5860 marriage licenses were issued in D. C. during the year. Births in D. C. during year were 6413 white, 2616 colored, a total of 9029. The deaths were 4449 white, 2656 colored, a total of 7105. Respectfully submitted, FREDERICK L. FISHBACK. The Chronicler is grateful to Miss Ella J. Morrison for her assistance in the preparation of this report. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CURATOR FOR YEAR 1923 Mr. President and Members of the Columbia Historical Society: I have the honor to report the accession by gift or exchange, of the following books, magazines, pamphlets, pictures, et cetera, during the year 1923: AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY, Worcester, Mass. -Proceedings, April, 1922 AMERICANA. THE MUSEUM BOOK STORE. London, 1922 ARCHIVO HISTORICO DIPLOMATICO MEXICANO (publicaciones de la Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores), Mexico, 1923. No. 4. Las Relaciones entre Mexico y Peru. La Mision de Corpancho. No. 5 El Decreto de Columbia en Honor de D. Benito Juarez. CZECHOSLOVAK REVIEW. December, 1922, February, May, July and October, 1923. DETROIT PUBLIC LIBRARY. Burton Historical Leaflet. March, 1923, Father Gabriel Richard. May, 1923, Charles Irish Walker. FORNVÄNNEN MEDDELANDEN, FRAN K. VITTERHETS HISTORIE OCH ANTIKVITETS AKADEMIEN. Stockholm, 1920, 1921. HARVARD PUBLICATIONS, SELECTED LIST OF-Cambridge, Mass. HISTORICAL REGISTER, THE-by Edwin C. Hill, N. Y., 1922. Gift of the Author. INTERNATIONAL ANTIQUARIAT, CATALOGUE No. 16. American, Asia, Africa, Australia-Voyages, Topography. Amsterdam, Holland. LIBRARIAN AND BOOK WORLD. February and March, 1923. Gravesend, England. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, Publications of— Report of Librarian. Report of Superintendent of Building and Grounds. 1922. Accessions of Manuscripts, Broadsides and British Transcripts. 1922. NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, N. Y. Bulletins of Dec., 1922, February, March, May, June, July, August and October, 1923. OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY. Columbus, Ohio. October, 1922, January and April, 1923. SMITH COLLEGE STUDIES IN HISTORY, Northampton, Mass. October, 1922 and January, 1923. STATE COLLEGE OF WASHINGTON, LIBRARY BULLETIN No. 5., 1918.-Pullman, Washington. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, Pa. 1922. Political Ideas of American Revolution. WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Cleveland, Ohio, 1922. Walter Harris and Some of his Descend ants. WISCONSIN MAGAZINE OF HISTORY, Madison, Wis. December, 1922, March, June and September, 1923. YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS, New Haven, Conn., 1923. Spring Announcement. THE FOLLOWING COLLECTION PRESENTED BY MR. JOSEPH JACKSON WATERS, ATTORNEY AT LAW:HOPKINS' ATLAS OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, (containing Surveys and Plats). GENERAL ASSESSMENT OF WASHINGTON CITY, 1902 and 1903. 2 vols. APPENDIX TO CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE. 1855-56. LIFE OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BY JARED SPARKS, Vols. 1 to 10 (complete). Life of Archibald AlexanDER, D.D., BY ALEXANDER. N. Y., 1854. CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND, PUBLISHED BY JOHN MURPHY, Balto., Md., 1867. VIRGINIA CONVENTION, 1829-30. Richmond, Va., 1830. INVASION AND CAPTURE OF WASHINGTON. Williams, 1857. LIFE OF COLUMBUS, BY WASHINGTON IRVING. J. S. LIFE OF WASHINGTON, BY WASHINGTON IRVING, Vols. 1 and 2. NEW ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ILLUSTRATIONS, BY FOSTER. N. Y., 1871. SPEECHES OF DANIEL WEBSTER, 1835, Vol. 2. COLLECTIONS OF ACTS OF ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Va., 1794. MESSAGES OF THE PRESIDENTS, Vols. 1, 5, 6 and 10. PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION OF THE PROVINCE OF MARYLAND, in the City of Annapolis, 1774, 1775 and 1776. Balto., Md. 1836. THE METROPOLITAN, Vol. 4, 1856. BONNEVILLE CRAYON, BY WASHINGTON IRVING. BRACEBRIDGE TRAVELLER, BY WASHINGTON IRVING. THE BARDS OF the Bible, by JOHN GILFILLAN, N. Y., 1851. MEMOIRS OF THE WAR, OF THE SOUTHERN DEPARTMENT OF THE U. S., BY HENRY LEE, N. Y., 1869. THE WERNER INTERNATIONAL EDUCATOR, Akron, Ohio, 1901. CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE AND APPENDIX, 1848. AMERICAN ARCHIVES, FOURTH SERIES, Vols. 3 to 6. ANNALS OF CONGRESS OF UNITED STATES, WASHINGTON, 1854, 1855, 2 Vols. THE GLORY OF AMERICA, CONTAINING MEMOIRS OF OFFICERS OF WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN, N. Y., 1834. Illustrated. MEMOIRS OF COURT OF QUEEN ELIZABETH. BY LUCY AIKEN. Phila., Pa., 1823. FRENCH REVOLUTION, THE. BY THOMAS CARLYLE. Vols. 1 and 2. POETICAL WORKS OF GEOFFRY CHAUcer. POETICAL WORKS OF SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE. THE PULPIT IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Boston, ART RECREATION. Boston, Mass., 1860. Illustrated. Speeches of Daniel WebSTER. BY B. F. TEFFT, D. D. Phila., Pa., 1854. NINE MAPS OF D. C. A large number of catalogues of foreign and domestic publications, and rare books. Two small pencil drawings of the figure of "Justice" for the United States Capitol, made by Carlo Franzoni, between 1815 and 1819. Gift of his great-granddaughter, Mrs. Edith Franzoni Malone of Washington, D. C. The following gifts of James F. Hood, the Curator of the society: A collection of several hundred small engravings embracing views of, in and around the City of Washington, the Capitol, White House, Treasury, Patent Office, Smithsonian and other public buildings, and monuments; mostly steel but some from copper and stone, many col |