28 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1890. 



Marine Invertebrates : Mr. Richard Rathbun, U. S. Fish Commission, Honorary 



Curator; Mr. James E. Benedict, Assistant Curator. 

 Comparative Anatomy: Dr. Frank Baker, Curator ; Mr. Frederick A. Lucas, Assist- 

 ant Curator. 

 Invertebrate Fossils : 



Paleozoic : Mr. C. D. Walcott, U. S. Geological Survey, Honorary Curator. 

 MESOZOIC : Dr. C. A. White, U. S. Geological Survey, Honorary Curator. 

 Cenozoic: Prof. William H. Dall, U. S. Geological Survey, Honorary Curator. 

 Fossil Plants: Prof. Lester F. Ward, U. S. Geological Survey, Honorary Curator; 



Mr. F. H. Knowlton, Honorary Assistant Curator. 

 Botany: Dr. George Vasey, Department of Agriculture, Honorary Curator. 

 Minerals: Prof. F. W. Clarke, U. S. Geological Survey, Honorary Curator; Mr. 



William S. Yeates, Assistant Curator. 

 Geology : Mr. George P. Merrill, Curator. 



THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF. 



No changes of importance have been made during the year. Mr. R. 

 E. Earll has been engaged, since March, 1889, on special duty in the 

 office of the Assistant Secretary. 



The Department of Furniture, Supplies, and Accounts continues 

 under the charge of Mr. W. V. Cox, chief clerk of the National Mu- 

 seum. A statement of the work accomplished will be found on page 62. 



The Department of Correspondence and Reports is under the charge 

 of Mr. R. I. Geare. A statement of the work accomplished during the 

 year will be found on page 68. 



The Department of Registration and Storage is under the charge of 

 Mr. S. C. Brown, and a report of his work will be found on page 43. 



Mr. A. Howard Clark has continued his work as editor of Proceed- 

 ings and Bulletins of the National Museum. The preparation and 

 printing of labels for Museum specimens lias, as in past years, also 

 been under his supervision. 



The Museum library, which is made up, for the most part, of that 

 portion of the library of the Smithsonian Institution which is required 

 for reference by the curators of the scientific departments in the Mu- 

 seum, is under the care of Mr. John Murdoch, librarian of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution. A statement relating to the operations of the library 

 during the year will be found on page 48. 



Mr. Henry Horan, superintendent of buildings, with Mr. Charles A. 

 Steuart as assistant superintendent, has continued in charge of the 

 work of the mechanics and laborers of the Museum. On page 71 will 

 be found a statement of the work accomplished by the force of mechan- 

 ics and laborers. 



