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education by the exhibition of such material as is suitable for that 

 purpose. The interests of education are also subserved by the distri- 

 bution of duplicate specimens to the higher grades of schools and col- 

 leges throughout the country. Very little field work is undertaken 

 directly by the museum. 



Four general divisions of the museum are recognized : (1) Natural 

 history, including ethnology and archeology; (2) the fine arts; (3) the 

 arts and industries; (4) history. 



Library. About 36,000 volumes and 56,000 unbound papers, of 

 a purely technical character, maintained primarily for the use of the 

 staff, but accessible to any properly qualified persons. 



Publications, (i) Annual Reports. (2) Proceedings. (3) 

 Bulletins. The first mentioned are of the nature of administrative 

 reports to congress. The Proceedings and Bulletins are mainly 

 restricted to technical papers and monographs based upon the mus- 

 eum's collection. The difference between these two lies chiefly in the 

 fact that the Proceedings consist of the shorter and the Bulletins of 

 the longer papers. Of the Proceedings, 3 7 volumes have been published ; 

 of the Bulletin, 71 numbers, but a few of these extend to two or more 

 volumes. 



Attendance. Open free to the public on week-days from 9 to 

 4.30. Sunday opening is contemplated in the near future. The number 

 of visitors is about 250,000 annually. 



ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



The federal government and city jointly maintain a zoological 

 park of 166 acres, established in 1890, containing 124 reptiles, 713 

 birds, and 565 mammals. 



FLORIDA 

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JOHN B. STETSON UNIVERSITY. Monroe Heath Museum. 



This museum consists of collections prepared by the Ward Natural 

 Science Establishment of Rochester, New York, and given to the 

 university by Mrs. Monroe Heath of Chicago as a memorial to her 

 husband. The collections comprise: Minerals, 72 5±; Rocks, 240±; 

 Paleontology, 3251b, including casts of fossil vertebrates; Zoology, 

 3oo±, mostly invertebrates. In addition to the above there are So 

 Florida birds, the gift of Mr. JohnB. Stetson. The museum is intended 

 for teaching and study purposes, and is in charge of John F. Baerecke, 

 professor of biology and physiology. 



