Report of the Director, 15 



In regard to the future, we have only a comparatively small space 

 on the second floor where new cases can be erected. 



I believe the present arrangement and the proposed rearrangement 

 of some parts of the collections, already begun, will present them in 

 as condensed a form as is practicable for a Museum, which must, in 

 some degree, be made acceptable as a popular resort. 



An increase in the collections is a necessary condition of vitality 

 in the organization of the Museum ; and for some time to come these 

 additional collections must, for the most part, be consigned to drawers 

 or store-rooms. These, however, can be made available for study, 

 and can with great facility be transferred to cases for exhibition at 

 any future time. * 



I am, very respectfully, 



Your obedient servant, 



JAMES HALL. 



