Plumbing. In order to reduce minor plumbing repairs as 

 much as possible during the next two or three years, all piping 

 and fixtures were thoroughly inspected and replaced wherever 

 defective. Connections were also made with the new sewer 

 system and the outlets into the tidal drains closed. 



SHOP EQUIPMENT 



Very convenient space for carpenter work has been gradually 

 fitted up during the past three years, and the need of wood-work- 

 ing machinery for case construction and general work has been 

 stressed in recent annual reports. In August the equipment of 

 the carpenter shop was greatly increased by the purchase of 

 machines for sawing, planing, jointing, shaping, and boring and 

 mortising. The installation of these machines with electric 

 motor and the necessary shafting, belting, etc., was begun in 

 September, but the final adjustments were not made until De- 

 cember. 



These machines are well adapted to our work and will increase 

 the quality and decrease the cost of all shop work. This is one 

 of the last of the working departments of the Museum to attain 

 the proper equipment and organization requisite for the present 

 scope of our work. It is expected that case construction will 

 make rapid progress in the coming year. 



COLLECTIONS AND INSTALLATION 



During July and August the last of the specimens and cases 

 remaining in the College of Charleston, with the exception of the 

 large casts of Egyptian and Assyrian figures, was transferred to 

 the Museum. This releases for the use of the College all but one 

 of the rooms formerly occupied by the Museum, and brings all 

 our material together where it can be cared for more effectively 

 and economically. 



Botany. In the development of the collections the greatest 

 progress has been made in the department of botany. This is 

 due primarily to the work of Miss Bragg and Mr. Edward R. 

 Memminger, aided by many volunteer assistants. 



In addition to her duties as curator of books and public in- 

 struction, Miss Bragg has found time to increase the number of 

 specimens in the herbarium 30 per cent, and to do a large amourit 

 of other work in coimection with the botanical survey. In this 



