Special accounts have included an appropriation of $2100 by 

 City Council for building improvements ; a fund amounting to 

 $500 for publication of the Contributions, an appropriation of 

 $150 by the Agricultural Society of South Carolina for an agri- 

 cultural exhibit, and a number of small accounts. 



Administration 



While the entire lack of funds for installation of the exhibi- 

 tion collections presents a serious problem for the coming year, 

 there is much cause for satisfaction in the fact that the revision 

 of the collections, the organization of administrative sys- 

 tems, and the equipment of the workrooms have advanced to a 

 point where they no longer require large expenditures of time 

 and money, but rather form efficient tools for the prosecution of 

 the routine work of the Museum and the special problems of in- 

 stallation. 



Nearly all departments of the Museum, with the exception of 

 the Mollusca, have now been cataloged. A series of special 

 cabinets with locked rods have been purchased for the specimen 

 record cards, giving to each tray all the security of a bound vol- 

 ume as well as the convenience of the card system. 



The storage collections are now all accessible in convenient 

 workrooms, and though all the storage trays are in use many will 

 be emptied as material is put on exhibition. 



With the cooperation of the Agricultural Society of South 

 Carolina, the first of the upright floor cases was finished at the 

 end of the year, and will be used for agricultural and other 

 economic exhibits. For the sake of uniformity the general 

 style of this case should be followed in future construction, and 

 for economy of operation funds should be available for purchase 

 of material in quantity, for installation of simple wood-working 

 machinery, and for regular employment of labor. Great diffi- 



