28 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1889. 



On April 5 Mr. L. O. Howard, of the Entomological Division of the 

 Department of Agriculture, was appointed Acting Curator of iusects 

 during the absence of Professor Riley, Honorary Curator, in Europe. 



On April 21 Mr. F. II. Knowlton, Assistant Curator of fossil plants, 

 was furloughed for one year without pay, in order to enable him to 

 prosecute some special botanical work, and to serve upon the editorial 

 staff of the Century Dictionary. Mr. Knowlton has, however, kindly 

 offered to continue assisting in the care of the collections until an 

 appointment has been made. 



Dr. H. C. Yarrow, who for many years has served as Honorary 

 Curator of the Department of Reptiles, resigned on February 9, and 

 Dr. Leouhard Stejneger, Assistant Curator of birds, was on March 1 

 appointed Curator of the Department of Reptiles. 



Dr. George Vasey, botanist of the Department of Agriculture, was 

 appointed honorary Curator of botany in March, and in that capacity 

 controls the botanical collections in the National Museum and in the 

 Department of Agriculture forming the National Herbarium. Prof. 

 Paul Haupt, Honorary Curator of the Section of Oriental Antiquities, 

 has been designated representative of the Smithsonian Institution at 

 the Eighth International Congress of Orientalists, to meet in Stockholm 

 and Christiania from September 2 to 13. Prof. Otis T. Mason has been 

 detailed to visit the principal ethnological museums in France, Ger- 

 many, Denmark, and England for the purpose of making arrangements 

 i for exchange of specimens and incidentally of studying the methods of 

 installation adopted in them. Mr. Thomas Wilson will also visit the 

 principal archaeological museums in France for similar purposes, and 

 will attend the meetings of the International Anthropological Congress. 



Mr. J. B. Smith, Assistant Curator of the Department of Insects, 

 resigned in April to accept a professor 'ship in Rutger's College, New 

 Brunswick, New Jersey, and the position of entomologist of the State 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, and Mr. Martin Linell has been 

 appointed aid in this Department. 



THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF. 



The administrative affairs of the Museum are under the direct charge 

 of the Assistaut Secretary. The arrangement of the administrative of- 

 fices is as follows : 



Department of accounts, W. V. Cox, chief clerk. 



Department of correspondence and reports, R. I. Geare, executive clerk. 



Department of registry ami storage, S. 0. Brown, registrar. 



Department of property and supplies, J. Elfreth Watkins, engineer of property. 



Department of publications, A. Howard Clark, editor of Proceedings and Bulletin. 



The care of the buildings, the supervision of the mechanics, watchmen, laborers, 

 and cleaners, and many related matters, are under the charge of Mr. Henry Horau, 

 superintendent of buildings. Mr. C. A. Steuart is assistant superintendent. 



The preparation and mounting of specimens for the exhibition series consumes the 

 timo of several skilled employe's. Casts of specimens have often to be made, when 



