REPORT OF ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. 19 



Department B. — Registry and storage. Tliis departuieut is in charge 

 of Mr. S. 0. Brown, whose duties pertain to the reception, unpacking, 

 and a^isignuient of accessions and other packages, the packing and ship- 

 ment of boxes, &c., the storage of accessions sul)jectto the call of cura- 

 tors, and the custody of department catalogue books. 



Ik^artment C. — Archives. Mr. S. C. Brown also has charge of all 

 papers relating to accessions and the distribution of Museum material. 



Jk'jKtrtinent D. — Library. Mr. F. W. True, librarian. 



Department E. — Publication. Dr. Tarletou II. Bean performs the 

 duties of editor of "Proceedings" and "Bulletins." 



Department F. — Labels. jVJa*. A. Howard Clark in charge. His duties 

 consist in the arrangement of material for labels, in receiving the printed 

 labels from the printer, and in arranging a duplicate set of labels for 

 reference. 



Department G. — Duplicates and exchanges. Mr. S. C. Brown in 

 charge. The work of this department includes the distribution of du- 

 plicate collections for exchange and the custody of the files relating to 

 applications and proposals for exchange. 



Department H. — Property and supplies. Mr. C. W. Sc;huermanu in 

 charge. All cases, furniture, and sup])lies of all kinds are under his 

 care, and are distributed by order of the Assistant Director. 



Department I. — Accounts. All disbursements are made by the Dis 

 bursing Clerk of the DeiJartment of the Interior. Estimates for sup 

 l)lies aud the general care of contracts and orders are included in the 

 work of this department. 



Department K. — Buildings and labor. Mr. Henry Horau, superin- 

 tendent, in charge. In this department are included the care of ijolice 

 and inspection, mechanics and labor, construction and repairs, clean- 

 ing and i)ublic comfort, heating and lighting. 



Department L.—E\eQ,tT\c service. In this department are embraced 

 the telephone service, time service, burglar-alarm service, and watch- 

 clock service. 



Department M. — Preparation. This department is divided into sev 

 eral sections, each of which is in charge of a preparator, and is th(n- 

 ouglily discussed in another portion of this rei)ort. 



Exposition staff. — In addition to the regular administrative staif of the 

 Museum, an administrative staff for exhibition work has been maintained 

 since July, 18S2, under the general charge of the Assistant Director. 

 Mr. K. Edward Earll is the executive otticer, and Mr. W. V. Cox linan- 

 cial clerk of the staff, which is increased from time to time as occasion 

 requires by the employment of extra clerks and i)reparators, and to 

 which also, when necessary, are detailed various ollicers of the Museum 

 scientific staff. In addition to the exhibition work of the year else- 

 w here referred to, this staff is still engaged in the preparation of a re- 

 port u[)on the International Fisheries Exliibition at London, in 1883. 



