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TJ. S. Army, and byofilicers of tlie 8i,mial Corps of tlic IT. S. Army 

 stationed in remote regions. 



(I. Collections obtained by the U. S. Geological Survey, tlieT". S. 

 Fisli Commission, and those resnlting from the activities of the TJ. S. 

 l)e|>art!nent of Agricultnre and other Departments of the U. S. (tov- 

 ernment. 



7. The remnant of the collections of the old ''Xational Institute." 



8. The collections made by the Ignited States to illustrate the 

 aninnd aiul niiiieial resources, the tisheries, and the enthnology of 

 the native races of the country on the occasion of the International 

 Exhibition at Philadelphia in ISTO; the tishery collections dis- 

 l)layed by the United States at the International Fisheries Exhi- 

 bition at Berlin in ISSO and at London in 1883, and the collections 

 obtained from various local ex])ositions, as, for instance, the New 

 Orleans Cotton Centennial l'^xi)osition in 1884 and in 1885, and the 

 Cincinnati Exposition in 1887. 



9. The collections given by the governments of the several foreign 

 nations, thirty in number, which participated in the exhibition at 

 Philadelphia in 187(*>. 



10. The industrial collections given by numerous manufacturing 

 aiul commercial houses of I'Airope and America at the time of the 

 Philadeli>hia exhibition and subse(juently. 



11. The nmterials received, in exchange for dui)licate specimens, 

 from museums iu Euro])e and America. 



iL*. Collections received as gifts, deposits, or in exchange, from 

 individuals, numbering usually from 1,000 to 1,500 each year. 



In connection with the general work of administration there is in the 

 Museum a library, a chemical laboratory, a photographic establishment, 

 and various Avorkshops for taxidermy, modeling, and for the i)repara- 

 tion of skeletons for exhibition. In connection with the department of 

 art and industry two preparators are constantly employed. 



The publications of the jNIuseum consist of — 



1. The Annual Report; 



2. The Proceedings of the U. S. National ."Museum; 



3. The Bulletin of the U. S. National Museum: 



4. The series of Circulars. 



The Proceedings and Bulletins, have in part, been reprinted in the 

 volumes of the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 



Papers i)re])ared by the ^Museum staff, or based upon the collections, 

 have been ])rinted in every scientific i)eriodical in the United States 

 and in many of those of Europe. 



THE RELATIONS OF THE MUSEUM TO THE 

 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



The Smithsonian Institution, though it bears the name of a private 

 citizen and a foreigner, has been for nearly half a century one of the 

 principal rallying [)oints of the scientific workers of America. It has 

 also been intimately connected with very nniny of the most important 

 scientific undertakings of the Government. 



Many wise and enlightened scholars have given to its service the 

 best years of their lives, and some of the most eminent scientific men 



