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Department />. — Registry and storage. This department is in charge 

 [r. 8. 0. Brown, whose duties pertaiu to the reception, unpacl 

 and assignments accessions and other packages, t he packing and ship- 

 ment <»!' boxes, &c, the storage of accessions subject to t he call of cura 

 . 1 1 1 « 1 the custody of department catalogue books. 

 partment C— Archives. Mi - . 8. C. Brown also has charge of all 

 papers relating to accessions and the distribution of Museum material. 



Department D. — Library. Mr. P. W. True, librarian. 



Department ". — Publication. Dr. Tarleton 11. Bean performs the 

 duties of editor of ll Proceedings" and " Bulletin 



Department F. — Labels. Mr. A. Howard ('lark in charge. I lis duties 

 consist in the arrangement of material for labels, in receiving the printed 

 lube's from the printer, and in arranging a duplicate set of Labels for 

 reference. 



Department (1. — Duplicates and exchanges. Mr. 8. 0. Brown in 

 charge. The work of this department includes the distribution of du- 

 plicate collections for exchange and the custody of the files relatu 

 applications and proposals for exchange. 



Department 11. — Property and supplies.' Mr. 0. W. Schuermanu in 

 charge. All i furniture, and supplies of all kinds are under his 



care, and are distributed by order of the Assistant Director. 



Department I* — Accounts. All disbursements are made by the Dis 

 bursing Clerk of the Department of the Interior. Estimates for sup 

 plies and the general care of contracts and orders are included in the 

 of this department. 



Department K. — Buildings and labor. Mr. Henry Horan, superin- 

 tendent, in charge. In this department are included the care of police 

 and inspection, mechanics and labor, construction and repairs, clean 

 ing and public comfort, heating and lighting. 



Departn —Electric service. In this department are embr 



the telephone service, time service, burglar-alarm service, and watch- 

 clock service. 



Department M. — Preparation. This department is divided into sev 

 oral sections, each of which is in charge of a preparator, and is thor 

 oughly discussed in another portion of this report. 



position staff, — In addition to the regular administrative staff of the 

 Museum. an administrative stall for exhibition work has been maintained 

 since Ju under the general charge of the Assistant Director. 



Mr. lv. Edward Earl! is the executive officer, and Mr. W. V. Cox finan- 

 cial clerk winch is increased from time to time as occasion 

 requires by the employment of extra clerks and preparators, and to 

 which also, when necessary, are detailed various officers of the Museum 

 scientific staff, in addition to the exhibition work of the y< 



" referred to, this stall is still engaged in the preparation of a re- 

 npon the International Fisheries Exhibition at London, in 



