CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Subjects V 



Introductory letter vn 



Table of contents ix 



List of illustrations xin 



Section I. — Report of the Assistant Secretary, in charge of the 



National Museum. 



A. — General considerations 3 



B. — The Museum staff 4 



The scientific staff 5 



C. — The condition of the collections 6 



Census of the collections 6 



Catalogue entries 7 



Progress in classification and arrangement of the study series 8 



Development of the exhibition series 8 



D. — Review of the year's work in the scientific departments 9 



Division of Anthropology : 



Arts and Industries 9 



Ethnology r 13 



American Aboriginal Pottery 14 



Archaeology 15 



Division of Zoology : 



Mammals 17 



Birds 17 



Birds' Eggs 18 



Reptiles and Batrachiaus - 18 



Fishes 19 



Mollusks 20 



Insects.; 20 



Marine Invertebrates 21 



Comparative Anatomy 21 



Invertebrate Fossils, Paleozoic 22 



Invertebrate Fossils, Mesozoic 22 



Division of Botany : 



Fossil and Recent Plants 23 



Division of Geology : 



Minerals 23 



Lithology and Physical Geology 24 



Metallurgy and Economic Geology 24 



E. — Review of the administrative work : 



Progress of general and incidental work 24 



Transportation and storage 24 



Library 25 



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