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Needless to say oiir grateful thanks are due to all those who strove to quench the Haines 
and mitigate the loss. Theirs was a task of much difficulty and eonsiileralde discomfort 
most ably performed, and they had the satisfaction of knowing that their efforts were not in 
vain, for, had the museum, the library and the Director’s office perished, the loss would have 
been irreparable. As it is, a great deal can he made gooil in time, and, so far as general Conclusions 
usefulness goes, the laboratories will only he temporarilv crippled. We hope to be in 
complete working order about the time this Report appears, 'riianks to Jlr. AVellcome, 
it was [lossible to undertake a eertiiiii amount of routine work by the beginning of June, 
the new eijiiipment having reached us in record time. 
