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all kinds and nationalities, ordnance and supplies, projectiles, cartridges 

 and fuses, and especially such objects as are connected with the mili- 

 tary history of the republic. These collections are in charge of brevet- 

 captain of artillery, Luis G. Nunez, who is responsible directly to the 

 director of the national armory. The authentication of specimens is 

 in the hands of a commission appointed for this purpose, and divided 

 into sub-commissions on flags, ordnance and supplies, portable arms, 

 and sundry objects. . The museum is open to the public on week-days, 

 except holidays, from 8 to 12 and 3 to 6. 



MUSEO NACIONAL DE HISTORIA NATURAL. 



Staff. Director, Jesus Sanchez; Professors, Gabriel Alcocer 

 (natural history), Manuel Urbina (botany), George Engerrand and 

 Jesus Sanchez (zoology), Manuel M. Villada (mineralogy, geology, 

 and paleontology), 1 collector and preparator in zoology and 1 janitor. 



No information has been received regarding the collections of this 

 museum. 



MUSEO TECNOLOGICO INDUSTRIAL. 



This museum is in charge of Albino R. Nuncio, chief of the second 

 section of the Department of Fomento (Public Promotion), Coloni- 

 zation, and Industry. The rules provide for a curator and a servant 

 in addition. The purpose of the museum is to make collections of 

 mineral, vegetable, and animal raw materials produced in the country, 

 together with full information regarding the articles manufactured 

 from these materials; local and foreign markets; transportation lines 

 and rates; and a technological library. A bureau of information is also 

 maintained. 



SEGRETARIA DE HACIENDA Y CREDITO PUBLICO. 



This department maintains a museum of a technical character in the 

 custom house in charge of Manuel Mufioz, chief of the department. 



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MORELIA: 



COLEGIO DE SAN NICOLAS DE HIDALGO. 



Staff. Director, Manuel Martinez Sol orzano; Taxidermist and 

 janitor, Fermin Gutierrez. 



Collections. Archeology, 1880; Ethnology, 138; History, 904; 

 Natural history, 8324. 



Library. 860 volumes. 



