REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 



191 



lU'ILDlXCiS AISl) LAIIOR; POLICE AND PUBLIC COMFORT. 



The force of watebmen, iiiechauics, aud laborers is under the cliar^ie 

 of yiv. Henry Iloran, superinteudent. lu Mr. Horan's annual report 

 there is included a statement of the Avork accomplished by the me- 

 clianies aud laborers during the past year, a list of the machines, tools, 

 aud other property in his care, aud a statement of the supplies pur- 

 chased through his ollice. Extracts from his report, designed to indicate 

 the character of the work performed by the employes connected with 

 this department, avUI be found in Appendix IV. 



WORK OF THE MUSEUM PREPARATORS. 



TAXIDKUMISTS. 



Mr. William Paluier, chief taxidermist, reports that a large pro])()rtiou 

 of the tiuu' of his force has been devoted to completing aud installing the 

 exhibits for the World's Columbiau Exposition. The actual work of 

 mounting the specimens had already beeu finished, but the grouping of 

 the pieces and the arrangement of the accessories remained to be done 

 this year. Thirteeu-groups were prepared with great care, especial atten- 

 tion being giveu to making their surroundings as natural as possible. 

 Some progress has been made toward reducing the number of skins in 

 pickle, and two new lead-lined tanks have been provided for the better 

 accommodation of those which are still awaiting attention. Xumerous 

 casts of various kinds ha ve been made, and other incidental work attended 

 to. The number of skins received during the year was 206, the total 

 on hand June 30, 1893, being 427; 271 skins have been worked up. 



About 30 si)ecimensof fowls and pigeons have been added to the series 

 of domestic animals during the year. 



OSTKOLOCICAL rUKPARATORS. 



Mr. F. A. Lucas, in charge of this work, reports that the preparation 

 of specimens for the exhibition series was interrupted somewhat by 

 work for the World's Columbian Exposition, but still compares favor- 

 ably Avith the records of xu'evious years: 



Xnmher af specimens received, denned mid mounted. 



Received as fresh specimens : 



Eutire skeletons 



Incomplete skeletons 



Cleaned : 



Entire skeletons 



Incomplete skelet<ms 



Skulls 



Mounted : 



Skeletons 



Limbs and other pieces . . . 



Skulls 



Total . 



MammalSc 



7 

 634 



649 



Birds. 



Keptiles. 



Batra- 

 chians. 



Eishes. 



Total. 



27 



25 



2 

 645 



23 

 4 

 13 



