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Dr. Sharp reports that 64 shdes have been purchase<.l and that Dr. 

 H. A. Pilsbry has presented 14, making the number of shdes in the col- 

 lection 1,447. The Schaeffer collection of some 2,000 slides have not 

 yet been catalogued. It is hoped that this will be done during the 

 coming spring. 



It gives me pleasure to acknowledge my obligation to my assistant, 

 William J. Fox, for efficient service, both in the Library and in the issue 

 and distribution of the Academy's publications, during my attendance 

 at the meeting of the American Library Association in Portland, 

 Oregon, and earlier in the year during a prolonged and, for a time, 

 critical illness. 



Edward J. Nolan, 



Librarian. 



REPORT OF THE CURATORS. 



The collections in the care of the Curators are in excellent condition, 

 and during the year just passed much progress has been made in their 

 study and arrangement. 



Repairs have been made to the heating plant and to the roofs, while 

 an appropriation of $20,000 from the State Legislature during the last 

 regular session has made it possible to take preliminary steps toward 

 several important improvements to the building, to be carried out 

 early in the coming j^ear, comprising chiefly an entirely new roof for 

 the older building. 



A telephone system connecting the different offices and depart- 

 ments has been installed. 



Six new exhibition cases, uniform with those previously provided, 

 and furnishing in all 500 square feet of exhibition space, have been 

 erected for the display of the mounted mammals and birds, Mr. 

 Clarence B, Moore has added another handsome case to accommodate 

 the recent accessions to his archaeological collections. 



A number of wooden storage cases with panel doors have been pro- 

 cured for skins of large mammals and birds and a similar series of 

 smaller cases for mollusks. Many air-tight tin cases have also been 

 provided for storage of small birds and insects, as well as 245 Schmitt 

 insect boxes. 



During the year Mr. Clarence B. Moore has continued his investiga- 

 tions of the Indian mounds of the Gulf States and has added a number 

 of valuable and unique specimens to his collection. Foremost among 



