REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 



75 



gifts to the, ^luseuni, and with the picparatioii of reports upou material 

 sent to the Museum for examiuation. The preparation and editing of 

 the annual reports of the Museum, as well as the proof-reading of the 

 same, also form a part of the work of this oftice. 



PREPARATION OF LABELS. 



•During the year 4,126 forms of labels were printed, as shown in the 

 following tables, 154 copies of each form being printed : 



Department. 



Triinsportatioii and Kngimerini 

 Oriental Antiquities 



No. of 

 forms. 



Geology 2, 086 



Materia Medica 1 , 082 



32(5 

 241 



Department. 



Ethnology 



Graphic A rts 



Prehistoric Anthropology 



Total 



No. of 

 forms. 



150 

 i:!0 



10.3 



BUILDINGS AND LABOR. 



POLICK AND I'UBLIC COMl'OUT. 



Mr. Henry Horan, suiierinteudent of buildings, remains in <'harge 

 of this department, the employes of which consist of watchmen, paint- 

 ers, carpenters, laborers, cleaners, and attendants. Mr. C A. Stenart 

 is assistant superintendent. The force of carpenters number eight or 

 nine, who are kept continually busy constructing cases and shelves, re- 

 modeling old cases, making repairs to buildings, etc. Only two paint- 

 ers are kept constantly on the Museum roll, and their time is completely 

 occui)ied in keeping the buildings and fixtures in proper condition. 



From the report of the superintendent the following statements are 

 quoted, in order to convey an idea as to the character of the work 

 accomplished in this dei)artment: 



1890. 



July. — A dynamo ciigiuc was placed in the enoino room. A eonuectiou of water 

 and gas pipe was made for tlie accommodation of the mammal department. Labor- 

 ers were engaged in remodeling the south entrance pi'cparatory to making changes 

 in cases, shidving, and other appointments. 



Aufjuxt. — Anew gas engine to run the dynamo was placed in the engine looni. 

 The lecture hall and the east balcony were cleared for the meeting and exhibit of 

 the Photographers' Association. The marble statue of Daguerre was placed in the 

 rotunda and unveiled August 15. The collection of oriental antiquities was trans- 

 ferred from the west hall to the southeast corner of the north hall. The lecture hall 

 was put in order for the meeting of the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists, 

 August 28. 



iSfjjfemhcr. — Numerous miscclloucous items of work were couiplete<l by the mechan- 

 ics. Mahogany talde to)is A\'cre placed in the exliibiliou Iiall of the Smithsonian 

 building. Steam ]»i]»es were altered and an extra pi])e was jilacetl outside of the 

 Natural History laboratory building for the department of manuuals. 



Octohir. — Four large pine screens were placed in the east hall. The stairway of the 

 northwest pa-viliou was painted and Ihe wall wainscoted. The original cast of the 

 Statue of Liberty was placed iu the rotunda of the building. 



November. — A pedestal was placed in the rotunda of the building for the plaster 

 statue of Liberty. The lecture hall was prepared for the meetings of the American 

 Ornithologists llnion, November 18. 



Ihirmhev. — J. II. Parkhurst was appointed engineer iu charge of heating apparatus, 

 December 1. The lecture hall was prepared for the meeting of the American Histori- 



