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front room), have been arranged in the long case against the 

 north wall. 



The west wall cases contain the fish exhibit, while the 

 entire floor space is occupied by the pala^ontological collec- 

 tions in flat show cases. 



The front room of the fourth story contains the large 

 plaster casts (surrounded and protected by an iron railing), 

 along with the larger mammals and birds, remains of pre- 

 historic animals and the osteological collection. 



The room formerly occupied by the ichthyological collec- 

 tion is now devoted to the department of botany, while the 

 room jointly shared by the botanical specimens and insects is 

 now exclusively entomological. 



The departments of ethnology and mineralog}' occupy the 

 large room on the third floor, while the specimens pertaining 

 to ornithology, oology and invertebrate zoology, are to be 

 found in the large room on the second floor, which was 

 formerly occupied by the mammals and birds. 



After removing the mammals to the upper story, the large 

 and unsightly cases, which formerly contained them, were 

 displaced by flat show cases. 



A large sky-light was put in the roof over the large room 

 on the fourth floor, thus converting this dark and almost use- 

 less room into one of the brightest and best in the building. 



The crowded condition of our rooms, even after these 

 changes, will soon necessitate the use of numerous drawer- 

 cases, for filing the bulk of our collections, so as to be of eas}' 

 access to actual students. 



As it is, our displays are so crowded as to injure their 

 availability and proper labeling, while our basement contains 

 numerous specimens that ought to be made available to 

 students. 



The relabeling of specimens and preparation of corrected 

 catalogues will be continued as time permits, as has been done 

 with the mammals. 



New methods have been introduced into the office, b}' which 

 complete and accurate records will be kept of all transactions 

 therein. The lack of such records has already cost the 

 officers many hours of labor, not to mention the intrinsic loss 

 to the Society itself. 



