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Removals and rearrangements, in connection with these 

 important changes, have led to the following transfers: 



mlneralo£ical hall, fourth floor, west wlng 

 Mexican Hall, Second Floor, West Wing 



The Hall of Molluscs, which has been removed from the 

 fifth floor, to make room for the new Administrative Offices, is 

 still in preparation and will not be open to the public for some 

 time. This involves a rearrangement of the shell collections 

 of the Museum, among the earliest of its acquisitions, which, 

 when completed, will appear under the new aspect of the 

 modern spirit of museum exhibition. 



The Buildings and Plans Committee, in connection with the 

 expenditure of the $100,000 equipment fund, appropriated by 

 the Board of Estimate and Apportionment on July 2, 1909, has 

 instituted a thoroughly systematic method of preparing, ap- 

 proving and filing of all plans and of controlling expenditures. 

 A special room for the Buildings and Plans Committee and 

 for the filing of plans will be fitted up. 



The construction of the service roadway from Columbus 

 Avenue under the Southwest Wing was completed in May. 

 The facilities for handling freight and the weighing and storage 

 of coal have been greatly improved thereby. 



A restaurant, modeled to conform to the interior of one of 

 the Mexican temples at Mitla, has been opened in the base- 

 ment. The historic design and equipment of the room in 

 itself, as arranged by Director Bumpus and Professor Saville, 

 have attracted much interest. 



For a long time it has been felt that a Members' Room 

 should be provided, which patrons of the Museum and their 

 friends might enjoy while visiting the institution. Such a room 

 is now being equipped on the third floor, from Trustees' funds, 

 with writing tables, telephone booth, etc. 



As a greater protection from fire, a new Electric Fire 

 Alarm System has been installed in the basement. The signals 



