To the newspapers of Charleston the Museum is indebted for 

 strong editorial support, as well as for the freedom with which 

 they have opened their columns to notices of Museum activi- 

 ties, and for the printing of articles from the Bulletin and 

 news items. The Bulletin has also been favorably reviewed 

 in Science during the year. 



In the past two annual reports attention has been called to 

 the desirability of providing for the publication of a series of 

 research contributions from the Museum. Such a series is neces- 

 sary to the proper maintenance and extension of the exchanges 

 which form one of the most important parts of the Museum 

 library, and, with the extension of the Biological Survey, the 

 need of such a medium of publication will increase. 



The manuscript of a work worthy the distinction of initiating 

 such a series is now in the hands of the Director and its prompt 

 publicaticn is one of the important duties of the coming year. 

 Such publications will reflect credit not onlj^ upon the Museum 

 but upon the community which has in the past produced so 

 many distinguished scientific works. 



Public Instruction 



This department of the Museum has attained gratifying and 

 encouraging success through the medium of the Natural History 

 Society. The work of the society has been confined to bird- 

 study, calls for the organization of other sections having to be 

 denied for want of leaders to conduct them, and the growing 

 interest aroused by the work is an indication of the wide possi- 

 bilities of educational activity open to the Museum. 



The Natural History Society was organized under the auspices 

 of the Museum, in the Spring of 1905, and has furnished the data 

 for the bird-records which have been maintained by the Museum 

 for three years, as well as doing an important educational work 

 through its meetings and field excursions. During the year 



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