204 KEPOKT OF >'AT10XAL MUSEUM, ls<t.S. 



Prof. A. J. Woiiliiian, Soutli lieiul, lud. : Squid, .shell, starCsli, and sea-urchiii.s (G 



specimens). (D. 7516.) 

 Prof. A. A. Wright, Oberlin Col lege, Oberliii. Ohio: Kock scetious (14 speciiiiciis). 



(D.7482.) 



APPENDIX IV. 



llriLDlNCS AM) LaBOK — POLICK AM) PUKLIC CoMFORT. 



The lollowiiiii' statement from the reeords of the SupeiinteiHleiit of 

 Buildings is intended to indicate in a general \vay the character of the 

 work iierformed by the mechanics and laborers during the year covered 

 by this report : 



1892. 



Jidj. — The labor involved in packing and shipping exhibits for tlie Madrid Expo- 

 sition consumed a large auionnt of time during the mouth. The tinner was engaged 

 for several days in making necessary repairs to the roof of the Museum biiildiug. 

 The valves connected with the steam-heatiug a]»i)aratus have been repacked and 

 the radiators overhauled. 



August. — The lecture hall was cleaned and put in order after the completion of 

 the work of preparing the exhibits for the Madrid Exposition. The windows of 

 the east and west balconies were placed on pivots to provide better ventilation. 

 The carpenters were engaged for a time in making packing cases for the shipment 

 of exhibits to the \Vo:ld's Columbian Exposition. Considerable paving was done 

 in the basement of the Museum building, and this necessitated the temporary 

 removal of the material store 1 there. 



Scpteinhcr. — The buildings were suitably decorated on the occasion of the encamp- 

 ment of the Grand Army of the Republic, and the laborers were busy for many days 

 preparing for the reception of the crowds of persons visiting the buildings. The 

 furniture and apparatus of the chemical laboratory connected with the U. S. Geo- 

 logical Survey have been removed from the northeast pavilion, the Survey having 

 found it necessary to make many changes on account of reduced appropriations. 



October. — Improv(?ments h.ave been made in the system of installation of the 

 telephone and other electric wires. To increase the eflicieucy of the telephone serv- 

 ice it was found necessary to remove a number of instruments about the buildings. 

 Various improvements have been made in the laboratory of the department of mam- 

 mals, in the department of prehistoric anthropology, and in the telephone room. 

 The exhibition cases throughout the Museum were cleaned during the month. 



Xoreiiihcr. — A wagon shed was constructed south of the Smithsonian building. 

 The exhiI)ition cases in the north hall of the Museum were rearranged, and a num- 

 ber of specimens were withdrawn for transmission to the World's Fair. Work of a 

 similar character in many of the departments demanded the attention of the 

 laborers, and it was found necessary to use the lecture hall and several of the 

 courts of the building for the preparation of exhibits. A workroom was fitted up 

 for the use of the assistant curator of oriental antiquities. 



December. — A number of specimens were transferred from the north hall to the 

 department of prehistoric anthropology. The shed south of the Smithsonian build- 

 ing was painted, and also the hallway of the south tower. A number of storage- 

 cases were removed from the northeast pavilion to the department of mammals 



