REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 



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The following table indicates the uumber aud dates of Saturday 

 lectures since 1882 : 



Tear. 



1882. 

 1883. 

 1884. 

 1885. 



Bate of first and last lecture. 



March 11, April 29 ... . 

 January 13, March 31 

 January 5, April 26 . ., 

 February 7, May 2 



1886 j March 6, May 8 



1887 1 March 12. May 7 , 



1888 February 18, May 5 , 



1889 



1890 



1891 



1892 



1893 



1894 



1895 



1896 



March 9, May 11 



February 1, April 3 . 



Number of 

 lectures. 



March 25, May 13 



February 17, May 26 . . 

 February 23, April 27 . 

 March 21, May 23 



Total 



146 



CIVIL SERVICE. 



Under an order issued by the President on May 6, 1896, the ISTational 

 Museum was made subject to the law regulating appointments and 

 promotions in the civil service of the United States. 



NEW MUSEUM BinLDING-. 



On December 10, 1895, Senator Morrill introduced a bill for the 

 erection of an additional building for the use of the National Museum. 

 This bill was referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and 

 Grounds, and favorably reported on February 27, 1896. An amend- 

 ment embodying the substance of the bill was afterwards made to the 

 Sundry Civil bill, but was not retained. 



COTTON STATES AND INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION. 



The Cotton States and International Exposition at Atlanta, Ga., 

 opened on September 18 and closed on December 31, 1895. The 

 Assistant Secretary represented the Smithsonian Institution and the 

 National Museum on the Government board of management. Mr. R. E. 

 Earll was ajipointed special agent in charge of the exhibit. 



The following departments and sections in the Museum prepared 

 exhibits for this Expostion : Mammals, birds, reptiles, hshes, compara- 

 tive anatomy, marine invertebrates, mollusks, insects, paleontology, 

 geology, minerals, botany, ethnology, prehistoric anthropology, materia 

 medica, technology, oriental antiquities, and religious ceremonials 

 Collections of musical instruments and of ceramics were also exhibited. 



The official report upon the participation of the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion and the National Museum in the Exposition will be found in the 

 Report of the Smithsonian Institution for 1896. 



