culty has been encountered in obtaining suitable lumber and 

 accurate mill work, resulting in excessive cost for labor in as- 

 sembling. The cost of shop equipment would soon be recovered 

 from economy of operation, which would amount to from 30% 

 to 50%. 



Early in the year the installation of a complete printing out- 

 fit was made possible through the generosity of two members of 

 the Museum. This equipment has been used for printing exhi- 

 bition labels, record forms, etc., and enables the Museum to 

 make a thoroughly creditable display of its exhibits. The ver- 

 satility required of the staff under present conditions is well 

 illustrated by the fact that the director, his secretary, the libra- 

 rian, and the janitor have all been pressed into service in type- 

 setting and press-work. 



Extensive changes in the staff have occurred during the year. 

 Mr. Francis M. Weston, Jr., has been unable to serve as a regular 

 assistant, but has done special work throughout the year, 

 having charge of the records of the biological survey, and draft- 

 ing plans for exhibition cases. 



In February Miss Elizabeth Van Hoevenberg was appointed 

 librarian and served until July, when she resigned on account 

 of ill health. She was succeeded in September by Miss Laura 

 M. Bragg, who has had charge of the Natural History Society 

 as well as of the library. These two lines of work require the full 

 time of one member of the staff, and since the director's time 

 is entirely occupied with administrative matters, little progress 

 can be made in the extensive task of instalhng exhibits until a 

 general curator can be added to the staff to care for the storage 

 collections and to carry out the plans of the director for ex- 

 hibits. 



The work of the honorary curators, whose generous assistance 

 alone makes possible the greater part of the technical work of 



