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National Academy of Sciences, annual meeting of, held in lecture hall 40 



collections, account of the hnildings occupied by the. U. S. National 



Museum 181 



Gallery, Ireland 583 



of British A rts, or Tate Gallery 5.S() 



Herbarium. (See Herbarium.) 



Institute 4 



membershiji of 182 



time of organization of 182 



Library of Ireland 582 



Museum building, amount of ground covered by 251! 



anthropology, exhibition in 259 



architecture of 251 



comparative anatomy, exhil)ition of, in 259 



defects of interior of 252 



description 251 



electric burglar alarms in 258 



entrances to 256 



exhibition cases in 255 



halls and galleries, space occupied by 



the "- 299 



extracts from report relating to plans for 290 



fishes, exhibition of 259 



floor changes in 256 



galleries, date of erection of 255 



geology, exhibitions in 259 



heating of 258 



height of rotunda of 253 



improvements in 254 



inadequacy of, discussed 263 



interior of 251 



lecture hall 259 



legislation for, discussed 295 



lighting of 257 



locaticm of 252 



lunch room 259 



mammals, exhil)ition of 259 



masonry of 255 



reptiles, exhibition of 259 



towers and pavilions, floor space occupied by 300 



use of telephone system in 258 



ventilation of 257 



of Antiquities, Edinburgh 560 



of Costa Rica, exchange received from 22 



U. S., accessions 17 



list of 95 



. received annually since 1881, table 24 



which have been in the Museum as tlepos- 



its, presented to 54 



account of the buildings occuiiied by the national col- 

 lections, by Kichai'd Rathbun 181 



additional buiMing for 12, 13 



administrative staff 94 



