REPORT OF ACTTNfi ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 



SriENTiFir Staff -Continued. 



Df.i'artment of Bioi.ocy— Continiioil. 

 Section of lHjitera : 



D. \V. Ooquillett, Cuatoiliaii 

 Section of Coleoptera .- 



W. A. Schwarz, C<isto<li:ni. 

 Section of Lepidoptera : 

 narrison G. Dyar, Ciistodian. 

 ill) Division of Ma rill !• Iiiri'rtehraleg: 



llicliarrt llatlibini. Honorary Curator. 

 J. K. r.i'noilu't, Fir.xt Assistant Curator. 

 M.J. Katliltun, Second Assistant Ciirator. 

 Section of nelminthological Collections : 

 C. W. Stiles, Custodian. 

 (h) THvii-ion of Comparative Anatomy : 



Frederic A. Lucas, Curator, 

 (i) Division of Plants (Xntional Herharium): 

 Frederick V. Covillc. Honorary Curator. 

 J. N. Ivoso, Assistant Curator. 



C. L. Pollard, Assistant Curator. 

 (). F. Cook, Assistant Curator. 

 Miss Carrie Harrison, Aid. 



Section of Forestry : 



B. E. Fernow, Honorary Curator. 

 Section of A Ir/ev : 



W. T. Swingle, Custodian. 

 Section of Lower Fungi: 



D. G. Fairchild, Custodian. 

 Associates in Zoology (Honorary): 



Theodore X.Gill. 



C. Hart Merriani. 

 R. E. C. St<'am.s. 



11|-.PARTMF,XT OF GF.OLOOY: 



George T. Merrill, Head Curator. 

 (a) Ih'vigion of Physical and Chemical (lenloiiy 

 (Systematic and Applied): 

 Goorge P. Merrill. Curator. 



, Assistant Curator. 



W. H.Newliall, Aid. 

 ill) Dirifidii of Mineralor/y : 



F. AV. Clarke, Honorary Curator. 

 "Wirt Tassin. Assistant Curator. 

 Ilev. Dr. L. T. Chamberlain, Custodian 

 ot Gems and Precious Stones, 

 (c) Division of Slralifjrajjhic I'al.'ontolotjy : 



Cliarles D. Walcott. Honorary Curator. 

 (."Iiarlee .Scliucliert, Assistant Curator. 

 Section of Vertehrale Fossils: 

 O. C. JIarsli, Honorary Curator. 

 F. A. Lucas, Acting Assistant Curator. 

 Section of Invertebrate Fossils: 

 ■ Paleozoic: Charles Schucliert, Custodian. 

 Mesozoic: T. W. Stanton, Custodian. 

 Cenozoic: "\Y. H. Dall, Associate Cura- 

 tor. 

 Section of Palco-hotany: 

 Lester F. Ward, Associate Curator. 

 F. H. Knowlton, Custodian of Mesozoic 



Plants. 

 David White. Custodian of Paleozoic 

 Plants. 

 Associate in Paleontology (Honorary): 

 Charles A. White. 



Administrative Staff. 



Chief Clerk, W. V. Cox. 



Chief of Buildings and Superintendence. J. E. Watkins. 



Chief of Correspondence and Documents, K. I. Geare. 



Photographer. T. W. Smillie. 



Itegistrar, S. C. Brown. 



Disbursing Clerk, AV. W. Karr. 



Property Clerk. W. A. Knowles (Ac ting). 



Librarian, Cjtus Adler. 



Assistant Librarian, N. P. Scudder. 



Editor, ^Marcus Benjamin. 



Worl- of the MuHcum. — Tlius tar, refereiice lias been made to the orifrin 

 and growth of tlie collections, and to tbe plans atlo[)ted for their proper 

 iustallation and exhibition. There are, however, other functions of the 

 INIuseuin which have been brought into operation from time to time 

 witli a special view to aiding" the scientilic work of students and inves- 

 tigators. Thus, during the year covered by this report, nearly 127,(K)() 

 geological and biological specimens, selected from the duplicates, were 

 distributed to universities, colleges, and in a less degree to normal 

 sihools also. The publications of tlie Museum, consisting of the 

 Annual l\eport. Proceedings and Bulletins, are distributed as freely as 

 the limited editions will permit, to libraries and individuals, both at 

 home and abroad. The constantly increasing re^piests for the identili- 

 oation of specimens are invariably complied with, except when analyses 

 of geological si)ecimens are desired. These the Museum can not make, 



