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now in course of re-formation at Santiago, with a view to ultimate 

 transfer to Valparaiso when the reconstruction of that city shall be 

 sufficiently advanced. 



FINANCIAL SUPPORT. An annual grant of $3 800 for acquisition 

 of specimens, cases, and administration. 



BUILDING. The museum is at present installed in a large hall of 

 one of the State Lyceums at Santiago. 



ADMINISTRATION. By a director, responsible to the minister of 

 instruction. 



LIBRARY. About 2000 works of natural history at the end of 

 1908. 



PUBLICATIONS. The Revista Chilena de Historia Natural was 

 founded privately by Professor Porter but has served as the organ of 

 the museum since he became its director. 



MUSEO NAGIONAL DE CHILE. 



STAFF. Director, Federico Philippi; Zoologist, Bernardino 

 Quijada; Entomologist, Philibert Germain; Botanist, C. Reiche; 

 Mineralogist, Miguel R. Machado; Preparator, Zacarias Vergara; 

 Assistant, Bernardo Gotschlich; i dissector, i major domo, i secre- 

 tary, and 2 servants. 



ANTHROPOLOGY. Archeology, native, 1305, foreign, 2386; Eth- 

 nology, native, 1086; Special collections from Peru and Easter Island. 



BOTANY. Native plants, 117 books. Exotic plants, 138 books. 

 There are also collections of Chilian and foreign drugs, fruits, and 

 seeds; Chilian timbers; drawings and engravings of characteristic 

 Chilian plants; rare Chilian plants in formol; specimens showing plant 

 diseases; drawings showing vertical and geographical distribution of 

 important families of Chilian plants; and an especially important col- 

 lection of characteristic plants of the high Cordillera. 



GEOLOGY. Minerals, S5oo; Rocks, 3ooo. There are also a 

 few meteorites and some rare ores. 



PALEONTOLOGY. ioo,ooo specimens, including some figures and 

 plaster casts of Megatherium, etc. Especially noteworthy are two 

 cetacean skeletons from Chile. 



ZOOLOGY. Shells, catalog incomplete; Insects, 65,ooo, mostly 

 determined; Other invertebrates, 590 species, including a very large 

 and fine Kampferia kampferiirom Japan; Fishes, 2 77 species, including 

 fine specimens of Ceratodus forsteri, Orthagoriscus , Xiphias, and Istio- 

 phorus; Batrachians, 59 species; Reptiles, 102 species; Birds, native, 

 285 species, foreign, 1235 species; Mammals, 412 species. Exhibits to 



