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 hall, Pre-bistoric Archeology; wesl range, rchthyolog hall, h. 



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The south galleries of the Smithsonian main hall have been clei 

 the exhibition case-;, which were old ami unserviceable, I been 



taken down and u*\n\ for other purposes, and the gallery spaces assigned 

 for laboratory use. The southwest gallery is now occupied by Ui< 

 ornithological department for a work room, and for storage of the £ 

 collection of unmounted bird-skins j the southea illerj is similarly 

 occupied by the conchological department. 



The large room adjoining the northeast pavilion in the Museum 

 building is now used as a depository for the oological collection, and a« 

 :i laboratory for the section of birds' eggs. 



The office of the Director of the Geological Survej having been re 

 moved elsewhere, the northeast pavilion is now occupied by the chemi 

 eal and physical laboratory of the Survey. The southwest pavilion is 

 being fitted up for the accommodation of the mammal, metallurgical, and 

 mineralogical laboratories; the west balcony is used us a laboratory for 

 ethnology; the north balcony for the department of textiles, ami the 

 south balcony for plants, recent and fossil., 



The photographer of the Geological Survey having vacated the room: 

 for several years occupied by him in the brick- annex, second story, the 

 workshop of the taxidermist attached to the department of birds has 

 been transferred thither. 



The Armory building, with its wooden annex, occupied jointly by the 

 Museum and the Fish Commission, is still crowded with unassorted 

 material belonging to the .Museum collections. 



hi order to provide suitable accommodations for the preparators, in 

 connection with the preparation of the exhibit for the three expositions 

 of < Sincinnati, Louisville, and NewOrlteans, and also to give much-needed 

 spiice for packing the collections to be sent, it was deemed advisable 

 to construct a> wooden building east of the Museum building. On Julj 

 15 the work of breaking and leveling the ground was commenced. The 

 annex is l-~><> feet long, 50 feet wide, and 50 feet high. The eastern 

 end was assigned to the modeling department of the United State 

 Geological Survey. The southwestern portion was occupied by the tax 

 idermic force of the National Museum, and in the northwest pari the 

 packing and general exposition work was carried on. The cost of this 

 annex was about $3,500, expended as follows: 



Sur\ i'\ of Location for building $10 0<> 



Construction 3,05^ II 



Plumbing 



Steam-fitting 131 11 



Drainage 00 Of 



! 3,514 2- 



Twii wooden sheds, onetobe a poisoning honse for skins, &c, 



ami the other for the preparation of the collection of building-stone 



