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the last. He was a member of the Burnside Post of the Grand Army 

 of the Republic and of the Sons of the American Revolution. Mr. 

 Brown's death removes one more from the rapidly diminishing num- 

 ber of those connected with the early development of the National 

 Museum. 



IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF MUSEUM. 



The most pressing needs of the Museum are those for additional 

 space for the ever-increasing collections and additional funds for 

 their classification and maintenance. Another year has only made 

 more acute these needs. Preliminary steps are being taken looking 

 to securing the erection of another building to house the great his- 

 torical collections of the Museum and the collections of the National 

 Gallery of Art. It will nevertheless be some years before relief 

 can be hoped for in that direction even under the most favorable 

 circumstances. The appropriations for the maintenance of the 

 Museum for 1921 remain practically the same as those for 1920. 

 Never were there so many openings for advancement in industrial as 

 well as scientific lines, but under existing conditions the Museum is 

 helpless. It is not only prevented from developing collections in the 

 various directions now offering exceptional opportunities, but it 

 carries forward existing work only by exercising the strictest 

 economy. 



