The buff color already adopted for the entrance hall has been 

 used on the walls of the main hall. The standing woodwork 

 has been painted a soft brown which harmonizes both with the 

 buff walls and black cases. 



A rail and recording turnstiles have been placed in the en- 

 trance hall as a part of the plan for keeping a record of attend- 

 ance. 



The use of the main hall was granted by the trustees to the 

 Knights of Pythias for three days in June and to the Musical 

 Festival Committee for a week in November. 



Geology. 



The honorary curator of this department, Dr. Daniel S. Mar- 

 tin, spent two months in further revision of the collections, and 

 generously presented to the Museum and cataloged more than 

 five hundred minerals from his private collection. Under Dr. 

 Martin's care the geological collection has been brought from 

 chaos to order, and through his generous donations has doubled 

 in size. He now has a number of valuable exchanges in view 

 and has matured plans for a representative collection of minerals 

 from the Piedmont region of the Eastern states. Such a collec- 

 tion does not now exist, and substantial progress in its organiza- 

 tion is hoped for in the coming year. 



The geological material is now ready for nistallation as soon 

 as cases and labels can be prepared. 



CONCHOLOGY. 



Substantial progress in the revision of the shell collections has 

 been made by the honorary curator of the department, Mr. Wil- 

 ham G. Mazyck, assisted by Miss Elizabeth Khnck. Early in the 

 coming year it is planned to publish a list of Mollusca of South 

 Carolina and to install an exhibit of local shells. This will open 

 a new line of educational work and a new department of the 

 biological survey. 



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