sixty species of fungi for the state. The beginning of marine collect- 

 ing late in the year aroused much interest in the invertebrate animals 

 and rich results may be confidently expected from a continuance 

 of this work. Acknowledgment is due Collector of the Port E. 

 W. Durant, Jr., for his courtesy in allowing the use of the Custom 

 House launch for harbor collecting. 



A large part of the survey records have come, as in the past, 

 from members of the Natural History Society. 



MUNICIPAL CATALOG OF ART 



The idea inherent in the biological survey is extended to the 

 field of art in the municipal catalog of art which the Museum has 

 undertaken to maintain for the City Art Commission. It is the 

 purpose of the catalog to make a record of works of art in the 

 city, whether publicly or privately owned, and make periodi- 

 cal inspection of their condition. The catalog is modeled after 

 that maintained by the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. 



The necessary stationery and filing cabinet were obtained late 

 in the year and a beginning of the catalog made. 



PUBLICATION 



The seventh volume of the Bulletin has been completed dur- 

 ing the year, comprising sixty-four pages. As in the past, this 

 publication has served as a record of progress, as a means of keep- 

 ing in touch with the people of Charleston and with museums 

 abroad, and as a medium of preliminary pubUcation of the records 

 of the biological survey. The reprinting, in the April number, 

 of the original prospectus of the Museum as published in the daily 

 papers at the time is worthy of special note. The February num- 

 ber contained a continuation of Miss Bragg 's annotated bibliog- 

 raphy of the sylva of South Carolina. A number of bird records 

 of unusual interest appeared in the November number. 



It is important that Mr. Mazyck's catalog of the mollusca of 

 South Carolina, already held over a year for lack of funds, be pub- 

 lished as the second of the Contributions from the Museum. 



Special acknowledgment is due the News arid Courier and The 

 Evening Post for the hearty support given to the work of the Mu- 

 seum and for the freedom with which their columns have been 

 opened to notices of Museum activities. , 



PUBLIC instruction 



This department has continued to carry on a large part of its 

 educational work through the medium of the Natural History 



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