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REPORT OF THE HEAD CURATOR OF THE 
MUSEUMS AND HERBARIUM 
To THE DIRECTOR-IN-CHIEF. 
Str: [have the honor to submit my report as Head Curator 
of the Museums and Herbarium for the year 1907: 
Accessions 
Additions to the collections were obtained as follows: 
(2) Purchase. Specimens mainly from the United States, 
Mexico, Central America, Asia and the Philippine Islands 
aggregate 5,690. 
(6) Gift. A total of 6,931 specimens, representing a wide 
geographic area and a variety of objects, was added to the 
collections by donors. 
(c) Exchanges. Specimens from Canada, the United States, 
Mexico, the West Indies, Colombia, Egypt and the Philippine 
Islands constitute a very large percentage of the total 7,763 
secured by exchanges with other .nstitutions and with indi- 
viduals. 
(@) Exploration. Exploration in the Bahamas, Jamaica, 
Montserrat and Antigua, and on the North American main- 
land, was the means of bringing together 10,718 specimens. 
The collections were increased by 31,102 specimens. 
Museums 
The permanent museum equipment was increased by the 
addition of sixteen unit cases for the economic museum, and 
six table cases for the fossil plant museum; and by specimen 
jars as follows: 
Glass jars. (Specimen jar no. 2605, Whitall Tatum Co.) 
Diameter Height Number of jars 
3. inches. 6 inches. 36 
3 ac 8 oe 48 
3% 66 Io 6c 60 
4% ee 12 cc 72 
Total, 216 
