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In case of foreign incoming shipments they shall request 
that consular invoice be forwarded whenever practicable. 
Advices of incoming and outgoing shipments, bills of lading 
and consular invoices and any other material pertaining thereto 
necessary for the clearance of material from the Customs or 
from the Transportation Companies shall be sent to the 
Assistant Secretary. 
A list of the contents of packages to be forwarded to other 
institutions or persons for loan, study, sale, exchange or gift, 
as well as of all packages received by Curators for the Museum, 
shall be forwarded to the Director at the time of shipment or 
receipt on forms provided for the purpose. 
Each Curator shall be advised by the Director of the 
annual appropriation for his department, and on request shall 
be furnished with a list of the financial outlays charged to his 
department budget. 
The Curators shall have charge of the preparation of the 
publications relating to the material in their departments, 
subject to the general regulations covering the publications of 
the Museum. 
Each Curator shall prepare, and address to the Director a 
quarterly report covering the general scientific and administra- 
tive work in his department, the specimens or collections 
received, the location of his field parties and the time and 
attendance of his assistants. At the end of each year each 
Curator shall submit to the Director a history of his department 
for the previous twelve months and recommendations for its 
maintenance and development for the ensuing year. 
No head of department or assistant while in the employ of 
the Museum shall own a private collection of specimens unless 
permitted to do so by the Board of Trustees. 
Curators and Assistant Curators shall not absent themselves 
from the Museum (except for illness or with the consent of the 
Director) during the prescribed hours of duty. Applications 
for leave of absence, or annual vacation, shall be made in 
writing and addressed to the Director; and notice shall also 
be given him at the time of departure and return. 
The Curator of Books and Publications, acting under the 
Director, shall receive, acknowledge, stamp, catalogue, 
classify and be responsible for all books, pamphlets, maps 
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