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Voted that the report be accepted. 



President George A. Dean: We will now have the report of the 



Committee on the U. S. National Aiuseum, by J, J. Davis. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Your Committee begs leave to report that during the past year there has seemed 

 to be no particular opening for activities in addition to the measures which were 

 inaugurated last year. The conditions with reference to the collections of insects 

 have not been changed and it is desirable that every effort should be made to secure 

 additional space suitable for the development of the collections, and to provide 

 for additional curatorial service as rapidly as possible. The collections are increasing 

 in quantity and value, and there should be every possible encouragement to entomol- 

 ogists throughout the country to deposit material that may be of service in their 

 extension. Especially is it desirable that type material should be respresented in 

 this museum as extensively as possible. 



The museum has, during the past year, utilized the services of certain specialists in 

 the re-arrangement and the study of certain groups, and this policy would seem well 

 worth continuation. There certainly must be a more general interest, throughout 

 the country, in the growth of the national collections and there should be a national 

 pride in making them as extensive and useful as possible. It is very much to be 

 hoped that in the near future it may be possible to secure adequate room for ex- 

 pansion, and statements concerning this need may very properly be made by in- 

 dividuals to any official who may be in a position to assist in this direction. 



Respectfully submitted 

 J. J. Davis 

 W. J. Holland 

 V. L. Kellogg 

 E. P. Felt 

 Herbert Osborn 



Committee 

 Voted that the report be accepted. 



President George A. Dean: The Chair will appoint the following 

 committees : 



Auditing Committee: Glenn W. Herrick, 



S. B. Fracker. 



Resolutions Committee: J. J. Davis, 



M. C. Tanquary, 

 L. Caesar. 



Nominations Committee: C. L. Metcalf, 



Arthur Gibson, 

 George G. Ainslie. 



Under the head of miscellaneous business, the Secretary announced 

 that difficulty had been experienced in securing the programs for the 

 meeting, and in all probability only mimeographed copies would be 

 available; that $100 had been received from sales of Index II since the 



