CONTENTS. 



Subjects IV 



Introductory letter \ 



Table of contents VII 



Part I.— Report of the Assistant Director. 



A. — General considerations 3 



1. Introductory remarks 3 



2. The foundation and scope of the National Museum 



3. The functions and aims of the Museum 7 



4. The development of the Museum idea ti 



5. Principles of arrangement of collections for public exhibition 11 



6. Systems of classification 14 



B.— The Museum Staff 15 



7. The scientific staff 1(3 



8. The administrative staff W 



C. — The condition of the collections 20 



9. A provisional census of the collections 20 



10. Assignment of space 20 



D. — Review of the administrative work of the year 22 



11. Accessions to the Museum 22 



12. Progress in classification and arrangement 23 



(a) Laboratory work and catalogue entries 23 



(&) Development of the exhibition and study series 24 



(c) Construction of cases. 



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(d) Preparation of labels 28 



13. Progress of general and incidental work 29 



(a) Library 29 



(&) Distribution of duplicates and exchanges 30 



(c) Publications 31 



(d) Visitors 32 



(e) Students and lectures 33 



(/) Meetings of societies :;4 



14. Current administrative work 35 



(a) Buildings and labor, police and public comfort 35 



(6) Electric service 30 



(c) Property and supplies 37 



(d) Accounts ;;; 



(e) Chemical analysis of the air in the lecture hall of the Na- 



tional Museum 3ti 



15. The work of the Museum preparators 41 



(a) Taxidermists 41 



(6) Osteological preparator 4"> 



(c) Modelers 1" 



(d) Photographer 40 



(e) Artist 47 



(/) Preparators in the Division of Anthropology 47 



VII 



