160 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1889. 



To save time, articles obtained from other parts of the country and 

 from abroad, were sent direct to Cincinnati without coming to Wash- 

 ington at all. 



Owing to the departure of Professor Laugley for Europe, in June, 

 for an absence of some months, the duties of Acting Secretary of the 

 Smithsonian Institution devolved upon Dr. Goode. This rendered it 

 quite impossible for him to go to Cincinnati, and the writer was desig- 

 nated deputy representative. He left Washington in company with 

 Mr. James S. Morrill, who was to act as clerk, on the 2Gth of June, 

 arriving in Cincinnati the following day. He was soon joined by a 

 number of the Museum curators who came on to superintend the instal- 

 lation of their respective exhibits. About the same time Mr. Heury 

 Horan arrived with several skilled mechanics and laborers to assist 

 in the general work. 



The space assigned to the Smithsonian was located in the northern 

 annex to the park building near the Race street entrance. It consisted 

 of a rectangular space 125 feet long by 95 feet wide, an uninterrupted 

 wall space 13 feet high, extending along one entire side, this being 

 practically continued around the remainder of the area by means of 

 partitions which werebuiltto separate itfrom the adjoining departments. 

 This gave a floor space of 11,875 square feet with about 6,000 additional 

 feet of wall space, the latter being increased to over 10,000 feet by 

 means of screens and partition, which it was found desirable to put up. 

 After setting off a strip 17A feet wide through the center of the space 

 in its longest direction for a main aisle or thoroughfare, the remainder 

 was assigned to the sectional exhibits as follows : 



Square feet. 



Prehistoric Anthropology 600 



General Ethnology 1,120 



Bureau of Ethnology ' 1 , 425 



Biblical Archaeology 280 



Transportation 600 



Naval Architecture 312^ 



Graphic Arts 1, 500 



Photography 925 



Mammals (systematic exhibit) 953 



Mammals (extermination series) '. 884 



Birds 325 



Insects 238 



Mollusks 250 



Marine Invertebrates 125 



Botany 90 



Mineralogy 60 



The first four car loads of exhibits reached the exposition on the 28th 

 of June, but, as the annex in which they were to be placed was not com- 

 pleted, they were temporarily stored on adjoining space in the main 

 building. Two days later the workmen completed the annex and the 

 boxes were at once moved into it. Forty-five men, including the Wash- 

 ington party, were soon at work unpacking and arranging the exhibits, 



