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played; (6) the objects being shown singlj againsi a suitable b 

 ground, and at the same time brought as < possible to the • 



of the case the sense <>f confusion, so ofteu experienced in mu- 

 seums, is entirely avoided j (7)1110 labels are printed iu large, hi 



type and upon paper of Bofll tints, which arc much less wearisome 

 to the eye than the ordinary labels iu black and white. 



Important additions of storage cases and furniture have been made t<» 

 the laboratories <>f several of the curators, and all the laboratories are 

 now better supplied than ever before. The storage cases in some of 

 e departments are built In four amotions in height, occupying only 

 the same floor space as the one-section cases and accommodating four 

 times the quantity of specimens. Bach curator Is supplied wit h a li.ulii 



ladder, affording easy access to the upper sections. 



The laboratories in which the greatest improvements have been made 

 during the year are those of birds, fishes, mollusks, insects, invertebrate 

 >ssi] plants, lithology and physical geology, minerals, and met 

 allurgy and economic geology. The following statement shows the 

 number and kind of storage cases and other furniture at present in use 

 in the various laboratories 



Ethnoli 



Unit tallies 14 



bional library cases 1 



tndard pigeon-hole stack ' 1 



Quarter babies 12 



( lard catalogue rases 2 



Mammals : 



bional library cases 1 



Standard shelf-stacks 3 



Standard pigeon-hole stacks 4 



Quart) i- babies 



Birds: 



Salvin bird cases 10 



Sectional Kbrary oases 1 4 



Standard pigeon-hole stacks 1 



Quarter tables 



Fish( 



bional library cases 8 



( ';ik1 catalogue cases 1 



Molluc 



Basement-drawer storages (1 containing 2 tiers; i containing 3 tiers) 5 



Sectional library cases 11 



Quart rr tables 



Marine invertebrate 



bional lib] :; 



andard pigeon-li ks 2 



Quarter rabies 4 



ird catalogue cases 1 



invertebrates I Paleozoic section) : 



Basement drawer storages (1 containing 3 tiers ; I containing 4 biers) 2 







Quarter tables 13 



