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proper exhibition of the collections on hand and to provide for a 
moderate increase. Area occupied by duplicates which are mainly 
in drawers, 15,000 square feet. 
Number of drawers in State Museum................. 2 Oe 
Number of drawers occupied by specimens belonging to 
the State and arranged in private museum and working 
Remit ae S La. 6) Shs. 2 65 ie pla ailafnlh eysy ena to) olen dra alas 3,200 
Two-thirds of these drawers may be regarded as occupied by 
duplicate collections. In addition to the specimens in drawers 
there are largeslabs and masses of corals which occupy an area 
equal to 1,000 drawers. 
Besides the rooms for collections, there should be provided a 
room for a scientific library, which for the present could be jimited 
to an area of 900 or 1,000 square feet with provision for increase in 
the future. 
Worxrne Rooms.— For the Botanist a working-room of 18 x 25 feet 
would suffice, with adjacent room for the collections, of 25 x 80 feet. 
For the general collections in Zodlogy a room for work and study 
of 20x 25 feet, a preparatory room, as a work-room, with water, 
tanks, etc., 25 x 30 feet. 
GroLogy AND PaLzontotocy. — A receiving-room with space for 
library in use of 25 x 30 feet and adjacent to a room of 30x 40 feet 
furnished with at least 1,000 drawers to contain the collections under 
investigation and comparisun. 
Also a wook-room with tables and appliances for cleaning, ticket- 
ing and preparing specimens for study and arrangement. This 
room should, if possible, be adjacent to a lathe-room, with machinery 
for cutting and polishing specimens. These two rooms would 
require an area of at least 1,200 square feet. 
For general storage of minerals, geological specimens and fossils 
preparatory to a distribution of the duplicates, a room of 35 x 45 
or 40 x 50 feet, with drawers, to contain the specimens and conven- 
iences necessary for the arranging, labeling and packing specimens. 
StupEnts’ Rooms. — Rooms should be provided for students in 
special branches of scientific study, since the increased attention to 
science will soon demand such conveniences. These would require 
an area of 10,000 feet of floor space. 
If the building be fire-proof the typical collections may be arranged 
in the same rooms, but in separate cases, with the general collections 
of the same department. 
Considering the condition of the building now occupied by the 
State Museum, the committee regard it as very important to secure, 
as soon as possible, rooms for the typical collections in some fire- 
proof building. The area required would be 30 x 40 feet. 
Drirecror’s Room.— A small room as a private office for con- 
ference, consultation and correspondence should be provided for the 
Director of the Museum. 
