SUMMAKY OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE YEAR. 



TIIK MUSEUM STAFF. 



Dr. O. C. Marsh, professor of paleontology in Yale University and 

 for many years connected with the staff of the National Museum as 

 honorary curator of Vertebrate Fossils, died on March 18, 18UU. 



Dr. Frederick W. True has been appointed the Representative of 

 the Smithsonian Institution and National Museum on the Govern- 

 ment Board for the Pan-American Exposition to be held in Buffalo in 

 1901, and Mr. W. V. Cox has been designated as chief special agent 

 in the same connection. 



Mr. J. L. Willige continued to act as chief clerk until December 12, 

 when he was relieved by Mr. W. V. Cox, who had then completed his 

 duties awa}' from Washington in connection with the Trans-Missis- 

 sippi and International Exposition. 



Mr. George C. Maynard, custodian of the Electrical Collections, 

 was on August 1, 1898, also designated as aid in the Division of 

 Mechanical Technology. 



Mr. J. H. Kiley and Mr. Marcus W. Lyon, jr., were appointed aids 

 in the Department of Biology on August 8 and August 15, respec- 

 tively, and on January 1, 1899, Miss Carrie Harrison, aid in the Divi- 

 sion of Plants, was transferred to the Department of Agriculture. 



Mr. E. A. Schwarz has been placed in charge of the entire collec- 

 tion of Coleoptera, as custodian, and Mr. Nathan Banks has been made 

 custodian of the Collection of Arachnida. 



Prof. O. F. Cook, for some time an assistant curator in the Division 

 of Plants, having accepted a position in the Department of Agricul- 

 ture, was in March, 1899, made honorary assistant curator in charge 

 of the Cryptogamic collections. 



Dr. A. C. Peale was appointed aid in the Section of Paleobotany on 

 July 25, 1898. 



Dr. George H. Girty, of the U. S. Geological Survey, was made 

 custodian of the Carboniferous collections in the Section of Inverte- 

 brate Fossils on July 29, 1898. 



A complete list of the members of the scientific and administrative 

 staffs will be found in Appendix I. 



ArPKOPKIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES. 



The appropriations by Congress for the past fiscal year aggregated 

 1257,000, an increase of 124,000 over the total for the preceding year. 

 There was an increase of $5,000 in the item for preservation of collec- 



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