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The Smithsonian Institution will pay all charges for boxing and cart- 
age upon presentation of vouchers in regular form, and all freight and 
express charges will be met here. As a rule, dead animals should al- 
ways be sent by express, the exceptions being in the cases of large ani- 
mals forwarded from a great distance in the middle of winter, when they 
could as safely come by freight. 
All donations are promptly acknowledged by the director of the Mu- 
seum, both by letter and in his annual report, and the names of donors. 
also appear in the catalogues, and upon the large printed labels attached 
to their specimens in the exhibition cases. 
TRANSPORTATION. 
Specimens should be very securely packed previous to shipment, and 
plainly addressed as follows: ‘“ Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. 
C.: for the National Museum. Perishable.” Shipments may be for- 
warded by Government vessels when available, or by the ordinary lines 
of transportation at the expense of the institution. 
In case immediate information or instructions are required in rela- 
tion to any dead animal of special importance, which is at the disposal 
of the institution, the donor or his representative may telegraph with- 
out paying charges. 
Telegrams and correspondence should be addressed to “ Prof. Spencer 
F. Baird, Washington, D. C.” 
In all cases the utmost dispatch is necessary in order that specimens 
sent may reach us in good condition for anatomical study and dissection. 
U.S. NaTIonNAL MUSEUM, 
Washington, D. C., November 15, 1883. 
