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In William V. Kelley Hall (Hall 17), the maintenance division 

 provided the ground framework for the new groups of sambar deer, 

 swamp deer, proboscis monkeys, and sloth bears, and also for a group 

 of snow-leopards not yet completed. The cases containing the first 

 four of these groups, and also one containing the Bengal tiger group, 

 were glazed and finished. 



In Hall 20 (habitat groups of birds) the case in which the Bering 

 Sea bird group has been reinstalled was glazed and finished. Two 

 new floor cases with screens were provided for additions to the 

 systematic exhibits of birds in Hall 21. In Carl E. Akeley Memorial 

 Hall (Hall 22) the case containing the gorilla group was remodeled, 

 ground framework was provided for the new aardvark group, and 

 the cases containing the aardvark and bongo groups were glazed 

 and finished. 



In Hall 32 (ethnology of China and Tibet) thirty cases were 

 refitted with a new shade of cloth on their backgrounds, and with 

 Upson board floor lining and end panels. The interior fittings of 

 49 cases were repainted. A six-by-twelve foot floor case was built 

 from salvaged material. The Tibetan temple bell was reinstalled 

 on a new frame and placed in a separate case. Eleven Tibetan 

 paintings were hung. In the north balcony of the second floor a 

 sixteen-foot Chinese screen was installed to replace one which was 

 removed and packed for shipping. 



At the entrance to the Hall of the Stone Age of the Old World 

 (Hall C) the case containing the new exhibit illustrating the ancestry 

 of man was glazed and finished. In the east end of Hall F (Polynesian 

 and Micronesian ethnology) a new wall case was provided for the 

 installation of a large Marquesan feast bowl. 



For the Division of Photography a washing box, accommodating 

 144 negatives, and two ten-drawer card-filing cabinets were made. 



On the fourth floor forty shelves and runners were provided for 

 the steel cabinets used for storage of bones. Two five-by-twelve 

 foot glass cases were fitted with shelves for storage of leg bones and 

 others in frequent use by the taxidermists. In the taxidermy shop 

 a zinc-lined box for modeling clay was provided to take the place 

 of stone jars formerly used. 



Six corridors and twenty-one rooms on the third floor of the 

 west half of the building were repainted, and three rooms were 

 washed. 



A large amount of work was done on the exterior of the windows 

 of the building. On the ground floor 101 window sills were scraped, 



