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These groups should be installed as rapidly as possible after 

 the completion of the building. It is believed they will prove 

 a great attraction and indicate to the public that the museum 

 is an educational institution. 



CARE OF COLLECTIONS 



All the collections of the Academy have been regularly and 

 carefully inspected with reference to possible danger from 

 insect pests or other causes. 



The mammal, bird, and insect collections were inspected in 

 the summer and again in the fall, and found in satisfactory 

 condition. The materials for the large bird groups were 

 examined in December and found to be in excellent condition. 

 These materials have been transferred from Berkeley to a 

 basement room in the Security Building at 343 Sansome Street. 

 The room is a better one than that in which the collections were 

 previously stored and costs nothing for rent. 



MUSEUM PERSONNEL 



Some changes have taken place in the personnel of the 

 Museum. 



Mr. Frank M. Anderson, curator of the department of in- 

 vertebrate paleontology was granted leave of absence May 

 1, 1914, to permit him to engage in certain economic work in 

 South America in the interest of an oil company. 



Mr. Bruce Martin, assistant curator of the department of 

 invertebrate paleontology, resigned on May 1 to accompany 

 Mr. Anderson to South America, and Dr. Roy E. Dickerson 

 was appointed to the vacancy caused by Mr. Martin's resigna- 

 tion, effective August first. 



Mr. Chas. Fuchs, for many years the assistant curator of 

 entomology, died June 11, 1914. Mr. Fuchs had served the 

 Academy long and faithfully. His skill as a preparator of 

 entomological specimens was unsurpassed. His enthusiasm 

 and his pleasant, unaffected disposition endeared him to all 

 with whom he was associated. In his death the Academy 

 suffers a real loss. 



