34 ORGANIZATION OF THE U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



marking each package with its current number, prefixed by the letter 

 "A," at the same time marking in the same manner any papers which 

 may accompany it. 



A new vohime of the Accession Booh shall be opened with the begin- 

 ning of each year. Th". current volume shall be kept in the office of 

 the Eegistrar, the back volumes in the Archive Eoom. 



The CarfZ Catalogue of Accessions is also to be kept up by the Eegis- 

 trar, each accession being described in writing upon the proper card, 

 and these cards to be arranged alphabetically to serve as an index to 

 the Accession Boole. As soon as the list of accessions for a full year has 

 been printed, the cards for that year shall be intercalated in their proper 

 l)laces in the general Card Catalogue, which is a complete alphabetical 

 record of accessions from foundation of Museum to beginning of each ' 

 current year. 



The Catalogue for the current year is to be kept in the office of the 

 Eegistrar, the General Catalogue in the Archive Room. 



The current card-catalogues, as added to and amended by the curators 

 to whom the cards are to be submitted in accordance with Eule LXIII, 

 will serve as copy for printing the annual or other lists of accessions. 



LXXXIII. 



Management of Record of Applications. — The Record of Applications 

 shall be kept in the office of the Assistant Director. An alphabetical 

 index to the same will be supplied by the packets in the Application and 

 Proposal File. 



LXXXIV. 



Management of Disirihution Record. — T\m Distribution Record shall be 

 kept by the Eegistrar, through whose hands, in accordance with Eule 

 LXXII, all j)ackages intended for shipment, and wlio shall retain and 

 file as a voucher in the Distribution File the written orders in accordanc(j 

 with which each package is sent out. 



An alphabetical index to the Distribution Eecord, in so far as it re- 

 lates to collections distributed, will be supi^lied by the packets in the 

 Distribution File, which is to be kept in the office of the Eegistrar. 



Lxxxy. 



Management of the Specimen Register. — The Museum Catalogues and 

 the Museum Registers belonging to each section shall be under the 

 charge of the Curator or Acting Curator of the section, whose duty it 

 shall be to enter, at the earliest opportunity, each specimen assigned to 

 his department, giving it a provisional name, assigning to it a current 

 number, which, together with name of sender and locality, are to be 

 marked indelibly upon or permanently affixed to the specimen. 



With each object or collection the Curator "\Vill receive from the Eeg- 

 istrar a card, upon which is entered the history, so far as may be known 



