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LVIII. 



The accessions of each day shall be arranged in serial order in the 

 unpacking room, and the Eegistrar shall daily prepare a list of the access- 

 ions upoii the blank " Accession (3ards," which shall j^ass throngh the 

 hands of the Assistant Director to the Director and be reclaimed from 

 the Director's oflice by the Eegistrar; such additional facts as may be 

 necessary to complete the record being written in. 



LIX. 



The packages are to remain in the unpacking room until the "Access- 

 ion Cards" have been returned. If special instructions concerning any 

 package are needed they will be inscribed upon the cards. The pack- 

 ages may then be removed to the " Sorting Eoom." 



LX. 



The sorting room is provided with closets with glass doors. One 

 closet will be assigned to each department, and the Curator will be fur- 

 nished with a key to its door. In assigning objects to the several de- 

 partments, the schednle number of the department will be used as a 

 symbol. The following additional symbols may be used : 



S. I Smithsonian Institution. 



F. C Fish Commission. 



P Private. 



M Mistake — to be returned. 



H Hold without unpacking until further instruction. 



Also, the symbols for the various deposits. 



SORTING AND DISTEIBUTION. 



LXI. 



The Eegistrar, after sorting the objects into lots, may send them direct 

 to their destination or may place them in the closets, subject to the or- 

 der of the Curator to whom they are referred. When a package belongs 

 to a single department it should not be unpacked by the Eegistrar. 



LXII. 



Each accession lot or portion of accession lot sent out by the Eegis- 

 trar is to be accompanied by an accession card, upon which are written 



(a.) The accession number. 



(i).) Xame and address of sender. 



(c.) Eeferences to any explanatory letters or memoranda which may 

 be on tile. [When thought desirable, these may accompany the card j 



(f7.) Any other facts not ascertainable from the specimens. The Eeg- 

 istrar shall retain a dui)licate of this card upon which is marked the 

 name of the Curator to whom the accession lot is delivered. 



