28 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1884. 



Fossil invertebrates (Mesozoic and Cenozoic section) : 



Basement drawer storages (1 containing 1 tier ; 2 containing 3 tiers ; 1 con- 

 taining 5 tiers) 4 



Sectional library cases 4 



Standard sbelf-stacks 2 



Quarter tables 1 



Fossil plants : 



Unit tables 4 



Basement drawer storages (1 containing 2 tiers ; 1 containing 4 tiers ; 2 con- 

 taining 3 tiers) 4 



Sectional library cases 1 



Quarter tables 11 



Litbology and physical geology : 



Unit tables ' 1 



Basement drawer storages (containing 4 tiers) 1 



Sectional library cases 1 



Standard sbelf-stacks 4 



Standard pigeon-hole stacks 6 



Quarter tables 4 



Minerals : 



Basement drawer storages (1 containing 4 tiers; 2 containing 8 tiers ; 1 con- 

 taining 9 tiers) 4 



Standard jiigeon-hole stacks 1 



Metallurgy and economic geology : 



Basement drawer storages (containing 4 tiers) 1 



Sectional library cases _ 1 



Standard pigeon-hole stacks 5 



Quarter tables 1 



Card catalogue cases ^, . 1 



Materia medica : 



Basement drawer storage (containing 2 tiers) __ 2 



Sectional library cases ^ 1 



Standard shelf-stacks ^ 14 



Card catalogue cases 1 



The number of unit drawers in use now exceeds ,10,000. 



(d) Preparation of labels. 



During tlie year 1884 about 4,500 descriptive labels for the exhibition 

 series were printed, besides several thousand forms of labels for the 

 reserve and duplicate collections in the various deportments. This has 

 been accomplished through the courtesy and co-operation of the Secre- 

 tary of the Interior. Much progress has been made toward labeling 

 the exhibition series, particularly in the departments of Building Stones 

 and Materia Medica, the labeling of collections in those departments 

 being now practically completed. Many of the labels printed were for 

 the objects sent to the expositions. 



No changes were made in the general form of the labels. Slight mod- 

 ifications were in some cases necessary, in order to adapt the labels to 

 special collections. 



Large general lalxils, ns also labels for some special collections, arc 

 l>rinle<l upon a small press kept for the purpose, in my office, while the 



