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secured a complete skeleton of the Three-toed Horse, adding 

 another important step to the history of this family, and to its 

 contemporaries, the Llamas, Sloths, etc." 



The Department of Public Instruction has made a complete 

 set of the negatives of the paintings of restorations in this de- 

 partment, referred to in the abstract of the Curator's report ; the 

 photographic slides of these paintings will be distributed through- 

 out the State for the benefit of the Normal Schools. 



Department of Anthropology. — This important department 

 has made marked progress during the year, and the results serve 

 to show the great possibilities future years hold for the develop- 

 ment of its plans and collections, and the valuable aid which they 

 may become in the advancement of science and public education. 



The field to be covered in the illustration of the various phases 

 of the life history of our race is too vast in extent to be dwelt 

 upon at this time. 



The large space assigned in the west wing for the collections 

 of this department will add sufficient space for its immediate 

 requirements, but the continuance of the various expeditions in 

 the field will provide so much valuable and important material 

 that the erection of additional structures cannot be deferred 

 beyond the next few years. 



Several of the collections received into the department during 

 the year have a special value, inasmuch as they were obtained by 

 collectors having the most important requirements of the Museum 

 in view. Thorough work of this character has been done by 

 Dr. Franz Boas, Messrs. M. H. Saville and Harlan I. Smith, 

 assistants. 



Department of Entomology. — Accessions to this department 

 have greatly increased during the past few years. The prepara- 

 tion of labels has been carried on steadily, and the new material 

 numbered for identification as it arrived. This is a slow and 

 tedious process, and while the work is advanced as rapidly as 

 possible, it is estimated that fully one hundred thousand specimens 

 still remain uncatalogued. 



