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partment of Invertebrate Paleontology; Joseph Mailliard, 

 Curator, and Miss Mary E. McLellan, assistant curator, 

 Department of Ornithology and Mammalogy; Dr. Walter 

 K. Fisher, Curator, Department of Invertebrate Zoology; 

 Frank Tose, Chief Taxidermist; Edward P. Van Duzee, 

 assistant librarian; Mrs. Helen Van Duzee, library as- 

 sistant; Wm. C. Lewis, janitor; Fred Maag, carpenter and 

 assistant janitor; George C. Edwards, assistant janitor; 

 Frank W. Yale, assistant janitor; J. N. Kavanaugh, day 

 watch; Mrs. Johanna E. Wilkens, janitress. 



ACCESSIONS TO THE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY 



Accessions to the Museum and to the Library have been 

 many and valuable. A few of the more notable are men- 

 tioned in the President's report and a detailed list will be 

 found in the appendix to this report (pp. 660-662). 



CO-OPERATION WITH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS 



The Museum continues co-operation with the schools 

 whenever opportunity offers. The Director and curators 

 have given a number of lectures in various schools and else- 

 ••'■ here in the interest of public education. 



Within the year many specimens and small collections of 

 birds or other specimens were loaned to teachers in the 

 schools for use in connection with nature lessons they were 

 giving to their classes, and a number of teachers brought 

 their classes to the Museum to study particular specimens in 

 the research collections. 



Visits by schools and classes to the Museum during the 

 year have been as follows: 



Schools of San Francisco: 



Number of classes 167 



Number of teachers 1 57 



Number of pupils 4923 



Schools outside of San Francisco: 



Number of classes 30 



Number of teachers 28 



Number of pupils 5572 



VISITORS TO THE MUSEUM 



As heretofore in accordance with established policy, the 

 Museum was open to the public every day in the year. The 

 number of visitors by months for each year since the 



