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data may be obtained. The address of the collector is to 

 be noted, provided it differs from that of the locality 

 where the collection was made. 



General locality, — ^When the collection is a small one 

 from a restricted locality, this can be readily indicated. 

 If, however, a large amount of material is represented, the 

 principal region or regions should be given. 



Date when collected. — It is necessary to indicate m.erely 

 the approximate time. 



Correspondence. — In order to readily refer to corres- 

 pondence, invoices, bills, and other memoranda relating to 

 the accession, it is well to indicate the initial name or 

 number, together with the year, under which they are 

 filed.i 



Kemarks. — Under this heading can be noted the condi- 

 tion of the specimens, whether or not the collection con- 

 tains any forms of particular value (types, cotypes, etc.), 

 as well as other general information. 



General suggestions. — In order to record small collec- 

 tions, which may come directly to a department, blank 

 cards may be provided for those in charge, and upon the 

 arrival of such an accession, these should be immediately 

 filled out and handed to the person keeping the Accession 

 Catalogue. Blank cards to be similarly filled out and re- 

 turned, can be sent to a person from whom an accession 

 deficient in data is received. The system of cross refer- 

 ences can be arranged to meet any demand. The method 

 employed as noted above, appears adequate for ordinary 

 purposes. Thus the name of each department is placed 

 on a tab assigned to a particular position, and when the 

 cards are filed, the accessions of a department will be in- 

 dicated by the corresponding row of tabs. A further 

 subdivision which may be applied to each department is 

 in the use of colored cards. If for example the department 

 of anthropology, possesses three separate appropriations 

 upon which to draw for as many purposes, e. g.: (a) Ex- 

 plorations on the North Pacific Coast, (b) The purchase 



Madeley :04 presents an elaborate arrangement for the classification of office 

 papers in Museums based upon a provisional decimal system. It seems unfortunate 

 that the standard decimal system (Dewey) was not utilized. 



