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Tho appropritition.s for the fiscal year (Muliiiy June 30, 1000, are as 



follows: 



Preservation of eollectiona ?^1 "0, 000 



Furniture and fixtures (including $10,000 for furnishing new galleries) 25, 000 



Heating, lighting, and electrical service 14, 000 



Postage 500 



Books, pamphlets, and periodicals 2, 000 



Repairs to buildings, shops, and sheds 6, 000 



Rent of workshops and temporary storage (piarters 4, 040 



Printing and binding 1 ' ? 000 



Total - 238,540 



BUILDINGS. 



Iron galleries have been erected in the West North Range, the West 

 South Range, the East South Range, and the South East Range under 

 the item of 110,000 appropriated for that purpose. The great snow 

 storm of Februar}^, 1809, disclosed certain weak places in the roof of the 

 Museum building and caused the buckling of several of the large iron 

 girders. The damaged parts have been repaired and strengthened so 

 far as the appropriation permitted. Two of the old wooden floors 

 have been replaced by terrazzo pavement, and many minor repairs and 

 improvements have been made. 



Three additional small buildings have been leased for workshop and 

 storage purposes, thus supplying much-needed space and allowing for 

 the removal of the long frame shed which adjoined the Museum build- 

 insr on the east side. 



ACCESSIONS AND REGISTRATION. 



The total number of accessions during the year was 1,497, a slight 

 increase over that for the preceding year. ' The number of specimens 

 embraced in these accessions was 210,323, raising the grand total in 

 the possession of the Museum to 4,355,463. The details are shown in 

 the following table: 



Number of sjiechiiens received in 1898-99, and total iiiunt>er In the serer(d divimniii on 



June 30, 1899. 



Division. 



Anthropology: 



Ethnology 



Historic archoeology. . . 

 Prehistoric archseology 



Technology 



Graphic arts 



Medicine 



Religions 



History and biography 



Received 

 in 1898-99. 



Total. 



2,253 

 104 



3,429 



207 



121 



19 



508 



1,027 



453, 908 

 1,976 

 278,018 

 30,628 

 7,355 

 6,800 

 2, 366 

 37, 183 



