28 ORGANIZATION OF THE U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



LXIII. 



The Curator, after receiving an accession lot, shall, at Lis earliest con- 

 venience, and as a matter of urgent routine business (if possible the 

 same clay), fill up the accession card with the data necessary for the 

 "Descriptive List of Accessions," and return it to the Eegistrar, who 

 shall file it in the Card Catalogue of Accessions, the accomijanying 

 memoranda being placed in the Historical File, after the printer's copy 

 for the list of accessions has been i)repared. The Accession Cards for 

 the current year are kept in a separate series and are not distributed in 

 the General Card Catalogue until the yearly report has been jjrepared. 



LXIV. 



When an accession lot is divided the general accession number is to 

 be attached to each sub-lot, followed by the symbol of the department 

 to which it is referred. 



LXV. 



If the accession cards are not promptly returned the Registrar is to 

 send a recall-memorandum. 



ANNOUNCEMENT AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 



LXVI. 



The Registrar is to make the entries in the Announcement Record and 

 to present on the first of each month a list of arrearages of announce- 

 ments. 



Lxvir. 



When a package has been received the Registrar is to acknowledge 

 the fact on the same day, by postal-card memorandum to sender. 



LXVIII. 



The Registrar shall have prepared for the signature of the Director 

 the formal letters in acknowledgment of gifts. 



LXIX. 



Letters or jjostal-cards announcing shipment of packages are to be 

 prepared by the Registrar. 



CONTRIBUTIONS AND THEIR ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 



LXX. 



No money having at any time been specially appropriated for increas- 

 ing the collections by i:)urchase, the growth of the Museum has ever 

 been and still is dependent solely upon the exertions of its officers and 

 those of other branches of the public service, and upon the i)ul)lic spii'it 

 and liberality of its friends. 



