TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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Staff of the Museum vii 



Introduction 1 



Operations of tlie year : 



Appropriations 3 



Collections , 4 



Service to tiie public 8 



Visitors 13 



Publications 15 



Library .' : 16 



Photographic laboratory 17 



Buildings and equipment 17 



Meetings and receptions 22 



Changes in organizations and staff 2G 



Detailed reports on the collections: 



Department of Anthropology, by Walter Hough, head curator 29 



Department of Biology, by Leonhard Stejneger, head curator ^^. 41 



Department of Geology, by George P. Merrill, head curator 73 



Department of Arts and Industries and Division of History, by 



W. deC. Ravenel, director of arts and industries 91 



List of accessions 121 



List of papers based on the national collections 181 



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