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Public Education in the Museum and in the Schools 55 



Prospective Retrenchment 55 



Support from Board of Education 55 



Circulating Nature Study Collections 56 



Lectures for School Children 57 



Lending of Lantern Slides 58 



Education for the Blind 59 



Loans to Public Libraries 60 



Exhibition Hall Instruction 61 



Photographic Service 61 



Changes in Staff 61 



Outside Activities of Staff 62 



Acknowledgments 62 



Geology, Geography and Past Life on the Earth 63 



Exhibition Hall 63 



Topogeological Relief Models 64 



Catalogue Work 64 



Publication and Research 64 



Field Work 65 



Accessions 65 



Minerals and Gems 67 



The Morgan Hall of Minerals 67 



Special Exhibits 67 



Extension Work 68 



Research and Publications 68 



Accessions 68 



Woods and Forestry 70 



Existing Invertebrates 72 



Darwin Hall 72 



General Invertebrate Collections 73 



Insects and Spiders 74 



Field Work 75 



Research and Publication 76 



Accessions 77 



Recent and Extinct Fishes 79 



Care and Development of the Collections 79 



Research and Publication 80 



Existing Reptiles and Amphibians 82 



The Collections 82 



Research and Publication 84 



Exhibition 85 



Expeditions 85 



Mammals and Birds 87 



Accessions 87 



