CO:^TE^TS. 



rage. 



Subjects - v 



Letter of Transmittal vii 



Contents ix 



List of Illustrations xii 



PART I. 



Report of the Assistant Secretary, in Charge of the National 



Museum. 



I. — general considerations. 



A. — Origin and development of the Museum. 4 



Special epochs in the history of the Museum 7 



Expectations of future development 8 



B. — Organization and scope of the Museum 11 



Relations of the Museum to the Smithsonian Institution 14 



The library . . 15 



C. — The work of the Museum in public education 18 



II. —special topics of the year. 



The Museum staff --- 21 



Accessions to the collections 22 



Transfer of the National Herbarium . - - - 25 



Catalogue entries _ _ , 26 



Appropriations for 1895-96 . . 26 



Exchanges of specimens with institutions and individuals abroad 27 



Foreign exchange in 1894-95 27 



Cooperation of executive departments of the Government- . . . _ _ 30 



Collectors' outfits - - 32 



Development and arrangement of the exhibition series - - . 32 



Labels - . 35 



Library 35 



Contributions to scientific literature 36 



Publications i - - - 37 



Material lent for investigation 38 



Work of students and investigators at the Museum 42 



Visitors 44 



Material received for examination and report 45 



Meetings of associations and societies -■ 46 



Cotton States and International Exposition at Atlanta, Ga 47 



