ADMINISTRATIVE RKPORT XXXIII 



Duriuy' tlic last fiscal year satisfactory prog'rcss was made 

 ill enricliiu<>' the manuscript collections, tlu^ series of plioto- 

 grajilis, and the collections of material ol)jects for the Museum, 

 as is indicated in otlier ])aragnn)hs. 'I^he aggregate expendi- 

 tures for stationery and laboratory supplies were ^1,1MI(); for 

 furniture, S750, and for the purchase of necessary books of 

 reference and standard works, >5S5(). 



The Bureau is domiciled in rented (juarters, i. e., the; sixth 

 floor of the Adams Buildiug, 1333-1335 F street, Washington. 

 These quarters are limited, hardly meeting the requirements 

 of the work. During the Avinter, when othce work is in active 

 progress, it is sometimes necessary for two or three collabo- 

 rators to work in private quarters, while some of the perma- 

 nent property (stereotyi)e plates, etc.) of the Bureau is stored 

 in the Smithsonian and National Museum buildings, and the 

 publications are stored in and distributed from the basement 

 of the building occupied by the United States Geological 

 Survey, through tlu^ courtesy of the director, Honorable 

 Charles D. Walcott. 



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