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REPORT OF THE CURATOR OF THE MUSEUMS 
AND HERBARIUM 
Dr. N. L. Britton, Dtrectror-In-CHIEF. 
Str: Ihave the honor to submit herewith my report as 
Curator of the Museums and Herbarium for the year 1904 : 
The general development of the collections, comprising 
Museums and Herbarium, was continued, while many new 
features and appliances were introduced as occasion de- 
manded, especially where the efficiency of the public exhibits 
a the study collections could be increased. 
. GENERAL Accessions. During the year the permanent 
saltecn: have been increased by 60,552 specimens. In 
addition to these, 42,164 specimens previously received have 
been incorporated, the total additions to the permanent collec- 
tions thus amounting to 102,716. Increased facilities for 
preparing and installing specimens enabled us to make the 
great bulk of our accumulated materials available for inspec- 
tion and study. 
During the handling of this material many duplicate speci- 
mens were brought together and exchanged for other speci- 
mens to be used in the permanent collections. 
(2) Gifts and purchases. Donations of specimens, and 
means for securing them in addition to the regular appropria- 
tion, have increased the collections by 23,873 specimens. 
(6) Exchanges. Exchanges of museum and herbarium 
material with other institutions and individuals have added 
9;755 specimens. The great majority of these have already 
been, or will be, incorporated into the permanent collections 
of the Garden. Exchanges have been continued with many 
of the institutions mentioned in my previous reports, while 
exchange relations have been established with the following : 
Estacién Central Agronémica de Cuba. 
Imperial Department of Agriculture for the British West Indies. 
University of Arizona. 
Bureau of Public Laboratories, Manila. 
