104 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1904. 



The study collections are, as a rule, in a fairly satisfactory condi- 

 tion, although much remains to be done to bring the records up to 

 date. 



In the division of stratigraphic paleontology much yet must be 

 done to complete the records relating to the Ulrich, Rominger, and 

 Sherwood collections. It is estimated that at the present rate of 

 progress at least two years will be required to complete this work. 



RESEARCH. 



The routine work of the Museum, taken in connection with that of 

 preparing for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, has greatly inter- 

 fered with research work on the part of the Museum force. The 

 Head Curator published but little. He has, however, supervised the 

 work of an economic survey in North Carolina, having particular ref- 

 erence to the building and ornamental stones of the States, and has 

 acted in the capacity of expert special agent in charge of Report on 

 Stone Quarries in connection with the census. He has prepared 

 reports in both instances, but they have not yet been published. 



Mr. William C. Phalen has studied and described the rocks of the 

 Nugsuaks Peninsula, in Greenland, and an occurrence of unakite near 

 Milams Gap, Virginia. 



Mr. Wirt Tassin reports some eighteen analyses made looking 

 toward the identification of little-known material; he has also studied 

 and described a meteorite from Persimmon Creek in North Carolina. 



Mr. R. S. Bassler has continued his studies on the Rochester shale 

 bryozoa. a work which he hopes to complete during the coming year. 



Mr. E. O. Ulrich, in conjunction with Mr. Bassler, has completed 

 two papers on Paleozoic bryozoa. 



Miss Elvira Wood, of the U. S. Geological Survey, has prepared a 

 paper treating of all the Middle Devonian crinoids in the Museum 

 collections. 



CHANGES IN PERSONNEL. 



The Department of Geology has suffered severely through resigna- 

 tions, due in nearly every instance to insufficient salaries. 



Mr. Alban Stewart, preparator in the section of vertebrate paleon- 

 tology, resigned on March 12, last. His place has been filled, tempo- 

 rarily, by Mr. C. W. Gilmore. • 



Messrs. R. S. Bassler and William C. Phalen resigned on May !> and 

 15, respectively, to accept positions with the U. S. Geological Survey. 



Mr. Charles Schuchert has accepted the position of professor of 

 paleontology in Yale University, though his resignation has not yet 

 taken effect. 



Mr. F. A. Lucas, of the Department of Biology, who has been in 

 charge of the collections of vertebrate fossils, has also severed his con- 

 nection with the Museum. 



