II.— SPECIAL TOPICS OF THE YEAR. 



'J'HE MUSEU:\I STAFF. 



Dr. (i. I Jrown (roode, Assistant Secretary of tlie Smirlisoiiian Institu- 

 tion, in charge of the National Museum, died on September fi, IHOG. An 

 extende<l aocount of the life and services of this eminent naturalist and 

 museum administrator will he found in another volume of this report. 

 The affairs of the Museuni were administered by Dr. Frederick W. 

 Tiue, Executive Curator, until January 1*7, 1807, when the present 

 Acting Assistant Secretary was appointed to take charge. 



Mt. W. C. Winlock, honorary curator of physical apparatus, died on 

 September -0, at Bay Head, New Jersey. 



The superintendent of buildings, Mr. Heiiry Horan. died on Septem- 

 ber 20. A new division, that of Buildings and Su])erintenden('e, was 

 organized on October 10, to take the i)lace of the former dei)artment of 

 Buildings and Labor, and Mr. J. E. Watkins, curator of the technolog- 

 ical collections, Avas placed in charge. 



i\Iaj. Charles Bendire, r. S. A., honorary curator of birds' eggs, died 

 on February 4, at Jacksonville, Florida. 



Dr. F. W. True was appointed Bepresentative of the Smithsonian 

 Institution ami National Museum for the Tennessee Centennial Ivxix)- 

 sition, which opened at Nashville, Tenn., May 1, 1807. Mr. W. V. Cox 

 was assigned to si)ecial duty in connection with the same Exposition 

 on January 27. On February 2 Mr. J. L. Willige was designated a(;ting 

 chief clerk. 



On .luneO Dr. Leonliard Stejneger and Mr. F. A. Lucas were detailed 

 tem])orarily, by order of the President of the United States, for duty 

 on the Alaska Fur-Seal Investigation Commission. 



Mr. J. N. Itose and Mr. C. L. Bollard, assistant curators in the depart- 

 ment of botany, were transferred from the Department of Agriculture 

 to the Museum roll, i^rof. O. F. Cook was a])pointed assistant curator, 

 and ^liss Carrie Harrison, aid, in the same department. 



Mr. T. W. Smillie was designated custodian of the photographic col- 

 lections on July 15. 



Rev. Dr. L. T. Chamberlain, of New York City, was placed in charge 

 of the collection of gems and ]>recious atones on January 11. 



Mr. M. L. Linell, aid in the department of insects, died on May '.>. 



