OOi^TElSrTS. 



Vase. 



Subjects V 



Lettkh ok tkansmittal VII 



Contents IX 



List of illustrations XI 



PART I. 



Report of the Acting Asslstant Secketaky, in chahge of the National 



Museum. 



general considerations. 



Organization 3 



Galleries 7 



Accessions 7 



Atteiulauce - 7 



Administration 8 



Conditions ;iud needs 8 



Sjtace 9 



Increase in the scientific staff 10 



Purchasing and collecting fund . 10 



Distriltntion of specimens 11 



A new Museum building 11 



future development OF the NATIONAL MCSEIAL 



Reports of Head Curators. 



Report on the department of anthropology for the year 1897-98 19 



General administrative work 19 



Acquirement of Museum materials 20 



Preservation of collections 24 



Classification and research 24 



Installation 25 



The geographical or ethnographical arrangement 25 



The developmental arrangement 26 



Special assemblage — chronological, cyclopedical, comparative 27 



Placement of exhibits 27 



Anthropological e.Khibit of the U. S. National Museum at the Trans-Mississippi 



and International Exposition 30 



Report on the department of biology for the year 1897-98 35 



Report on the department of geology for the year 1897-98 45 



SUMMARY ()!■ THE OPERATIONS OF THE YEAR. 



The Museum sta tf 51 



Ap]»ropiiations and expenditures 51 



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