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Division of Administration — Continued. 



Department K. — Electric service. 



(Telephone service; time service; burglar-alarm service; 

 watch-clo k service.) 



Department L. — Preparation. 



(Taxidermy; modeling; skeleton preparation; mounting and 

 attaching labels; lapidaries' work; stone-cutting work; 

 draughting; photographing; painting; poisoning and ap- 

 ply in g preservators. ) 

 Division of Anthropology : 



Department I. — Art and industry. 



Department II. — Kaces of Men. 



Department III. — Antiquities. 

 Division of Zoology : 



Department IV. — Mammals. 



Department V. — Birds. 



Department VI. — Reptiles and Batrachians. 



Department VII. — Fishes. 



Depariment VIII. — Mollusks. 



Department IX. — Insects. 



Department X. — Crustaceans. 



Department XI. — Worms. 



Department XII. — Radiates and protozoans. 



Department XIII. — Invertebrate fossils. 

 Division of Botany : 



Department XIV. — Becent plants. 



Department XV. — Fossil plants. 

 Division of Geology : 



Department XVI. — Mineralogy. 



Department XVII. — Lithology and physical Geology. 



Department XVIII. — Metallurgy and economic Geology. 

 Division of Exploration and Experiment: 



Department XIX. — Exploration and field work. 



Department XX. — Chemistry. 



Department XXI. — Experimental Physiology. 



Department XXI I.— Vivaria. 

 A brief review of what has been accomplished in each department 

 up to the present time, and especially during the past year, will per- 

 haps be the most satisfactory mode of bringing before the Board the 

 present methods and tendencies of the work in the Museum. I shall 

 not, however, attempt to discuss the additions of the year to the Mu- 

 seum, since these will be treated of in detail in the reports of the sev- 

 eral executive officers, while a complete list, arranged alphabetically by 

 donors, will be found in the appendix to this report, 



