CONTENTS 



Page. 



Subjects IV 



Iktroductory letter V 



Table of contents MI 



Part I. — Report of the Assistant Director. 



A. — General consideratious 3 



1. Introductory remarks '^ 



2. The foundation and scope of the National Museum ;"> 



3. The functions and aims of the Museum 7 



4. The development of the Museum idea d 



5. Principles of arrangement of collections for public exhibition 11 



6. Systems of classification 14 



B. — The Museum Staff 1.') 



7. The scientitic staff 10 



8. The administrative staff Id 



C. — The condition of the collections 20 



9. A provisional census of the collections 20 



10. Assignment of space 20 



D. — Review of the administrative work of the year 22 



11. Accessions to the Museum 22 



12. Progress in classification and arrangement 23 



(a) Laboratory work and catalogue entries 23 



(6) Development of the exhibition and study series 24 



(c) Construction of cases 25 



(d) Preparation of labels 28 



13. Progress of general and incidental work 21) 



(o) Library 29 



(&) Distribution of duplicates and exchanges 30 



(c) Publications 31 



(d) Visitors 32 



(e) Students and lectures 33 



(/) Meetings of societies 34 



14. Current administrative work 35 



(a) Buildings and labor, police and public comfort 35 



(6) Electric service 3(j 



(c) Property and supplies 37 



(rf) Accounts 37 



(e) Chemical analysis of the air in the lecture hall of the Na- 

 tional Museum :id 



1."). The work of the Museum preparators 41 



(o) Taxidermists 41 



(6) Osteologlcal preparator 4.j 



( c) Modelers 4.'> 



(d) Photographer 4<i 



(e) Artist 47 



(/) Preparators in the Division of Anthropology 47 



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