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Gifts of specimens have been made to schools and colleges, etc;, as 

 follows: 



To the Louisiana Industrial Institute, of Huston, Louisiana. 32 

 specimens of rocks, minerals, ores, and fossils. 



To the city school, Monroe. Louisiana, 3L specimens of rocks, min- 

 erals, ores, and fossils. 



To A. V. S. Cochrane. Hudson. New York. 22 specimens of ores and 

 minerals. 



To the University of Idaho. Moscow. Idaho, 28 specimens of rocks 

 and 14 thin sections. 



To theWesleyan Female Seminary at Macon, Georgia, 43 specimens 

 of rocks. 



To the Division of Soils. Department of Agriculture, a collection of 

 302 specimens of minerals. 



PLANS FOR THE FUTURE. 



A generalized geological section across the entire width of the 

 American continent has been attempted, and a preliminary sketch on 

 a horizontal scale of 2 miles to an inch has been prepared, as 

 already noted. This will give, when finished, a section some 125 feet 

 in length, to accompany the historical series now installed in a tempo- 

 rary case on the south wall of the west-south range. It is hoped that 

 another year will enable us to put this section into permanent form, 

 as well as to replace the temporary case with a new one better 

 adapted to the purpose. 



As practically all the available exhibition space for the department 

 is now occupied, further development must be mainly along the line- 

 already laid down. It has long been felt that the section of practical 

 geology could be strengthened by building up certain special exhibits 

 showing the occurrence and association of the ores of some few of the 

 more interesting mining regions. At present this has been attempted 

 only for the zinc and lead regions of southwest Missouri. The work- 

 is as yet incomplete. 



The growth of the meteorite collection has been such that an cut in 1 

 rearrangement is anticipated. Very many of the smaller specimens 

 will be relegated to the drawer series, and in the space thus gained an 

 attempt will be made to give the others a more attractive setting and 

 more comprehensive labels. 



In the section of vertebrate paleontology it is desired to mount 

 for exhibition some of the abundant Dinosaur material, particularly 

 the limbs and pelvis of the Triceratops and the entire hmd limb of 

 Morosaurus grandis, as well as the remarkably line series of Trfcanothe- 

 rium skulls. This, with the work of repairing and properly install- 

 ing material now in the cases, will alone occupy the attention of our 

 present force of preparators for the entire year. 



