TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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Staff of the Museum vn 



Introduction 1 



Operations of the year : 



Appropriations 3 



Collections 4 



Service to the public 10 



Visitors * 15 



Publications 16 



Library 17 



Photographic laboratory 18 



Buildings and equipment 18 



Meetings and receptions 22 



Changes in organizations and staff 32 



Detailed reports on the collections : 



Department of anthropology, by Walter Hough, head curator 35 



Department of biology, by Leonhard Stejneger, head curator 43 



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



Department of arts and industries, W. deC. Ravenel, director — 



Mineral and mechanical technology, by Carl W. Mitman 89 



Textiles, medicine, woods, organic chemistry, and food, by F. L. 



Lewton 97 



Graphic arts, by R. P. Tolman 109 



Division of history, by T. T. Belote, curator 123 



List of accessions 131 



List of papers based on the National Collections 187 



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