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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1897. 



United States — Continued. 



Oregon 1 



Pennsylvania 24 



Sonth Carolina 1 



South Dakota 1 



Tennessee 1 



Utah 4 



Vermont 2 



Virginia 3 



Wisconsin 2 



Wyoming 3 



Foreign countries : 



Africa 1 



A ustralia 3 



Austria 3 



Bermuda 1 



Bnizil .- 1 



The various departments of the 

 as gifts or iu exchauge as follows: 



Mammals 38 



Birds 449 



Reptiles 3 



Fishes 110 



Mollusks 227 



Insects 1,642 



Mnrine invertebrates 3, 754 



Fossils 1, 602 



Plants 12,449 



Foreign countries — Continued. 



Canada 8 



China 1 



Costa Rica 1 



Denmark 1 



England 11 



France 4 



Germany 7 



Italy 



Mexico 



Russia 



Scotland 



Spain 



Switzerland. 

 Turkey 



Total 264 



Museum have distributed material 



Minerals 



Geology 



Ethnology 



Prehistoric anthropology 

 Technology 



Musical instruments 



177 

 430 

 103 

 377 

 1 



Total 23,370 



BUILDINGS AND SUPERINTENDENCE. 



Mr. Henry Horan, who had been connected with the Smithsonian 

 Institution and the National Museum for many years, and who since 

 1880 had held the position of superintendent of buildings, died on 

 September 29, 1896. On October 20 a new division was organized — 

 that of buildings and superintendence — with Mr. J. Elfreth Watkins as 

 chief. The following subdivisions are included: Oases and fixtures, 

 J. S. Goldsmith, i^roperty clerk, in charge; buildings, watch-service, 

 mechanics and labor, 0. A. Steuart, general foreman; heating, lighting, 

 and electrical service, J. H. Parkhurst, engineer. 



Much-needed repairs and improvements have been made on both the 

 Smithsonian and the Museum buildings, although on account of lack of 

 funds it was necessary to restrict operations in this respect to such 

 changes as were absolutely essential. 



During the winter and spring the attention of the office was taken 

 up to a considerable extent with matters connected with the erection 

 of galleries in the Museum building. The contract for the ironwork 

 was awarded February 24, at a cost of $3,200, the work to be completed 

 in sixty days. The contract for the stairs and balustrades was awarded 

 on May 13, at a cost of $1,780, and that for the fireproof arching and 

 floors on June 29, at a cost of $2,214, 



