Oct.  1895. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Director. 
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has  rendered  valuable  assistance.  About  sixty  large  photographs 
have  been  obtained  and  a  number  of  fossils  and  specimens  illustrat- 
ing glacial  and  other  phenomena. 
South  Park  Commissioners — The  appropriation  by  the  Board  of 
South  Park  Commissioners  of  $15,000  per  annum,  to  be  applied  to  the 
maintenance  of  the  Museum  has  been  one  of  the  gratifying  and 
encouraging  incidents  of  the  year.  It  is  a  substantial  evidence  of  the 
co-operative  and  helpful  attitude  of  the  Commissioners.  The  Di- 
rector begs  to  acknowledge  the  very  friendly  and  cordial  attitude 
maintained  at  all  times,  and  often  under  very  trying  circumstances,  by 
the  Superintendent  of  the  South  Park  system,  and  his  subordinates. 
They  have  aided  the  Museum  effectively  whenever  the  opportunity 
presented  itself. 
Photography. — The  necessity  arising  for  photographic  work 
of  a  nature  that  the  general  photographer  could  not  execute,  such 
for  example  as  illustrating  publications  and  lectures,  as  well  as 
preserving  numerous  conditions  and  objects  that  could  in  no  other 
way  be  illustrated  in  the  collections  of  the  Museum,  it  was  deter- 
mined, in  October,  to  establish  a  photographic  section  for  work 
for  all  the  departments  of  the  institution.  The  Curator  of  the  Depart 
ment  of  Botany,  wTho  is  skilled  in  the  required  processes,  consented 
to  take  charge  of  the  work.  One  of  the  rooms  in  the  North  Bal- 
cony makes  an  excellent  dark  chamber,  and  three  cameras  with 
the  necessary  lenses,  one  micro-camera  and  microscope,  and  the 
materials  and  chemicals  needed  were  procured.  The  work  soon 
became  of  greater  volume  than  could  be  performed  without  assist- 
ance in  the  detail  and  routine,  and  an  assistant  was  given  Dr. 
Millspaugh  from  the  staff  of  the  Librarian.  The  results  of  the  photo- 
graphic work  are  as  follows:  Negatives  made,  310;  photo-prints, 
115;  lantern  slides  for  lectures,  119;  prints  to  illustrate  publications, 
42;  photographs  taken  on  expeditions,  131.  Fully  as  much  work 
as  was  performed  in  the  last  year  is  already  on  hand  for  immediate 
attention. 
Printing. — A  printing  office  was  established  in  the  latter 
part  of  March  to  execute  the  large  amount  of  labels  and  general 
printing  that  is  so  necessary  in  the  Museum.  The  intention  is  to 
replace  all  of  the  hand-written,  and  in  many  cases,  illegible 
labels,  with  printed  ones,  and  each  department  of  the  Museum  has 
commenced  upon  this  process  of  substitution.  The  amount  of  labor 
involved  in  such  an  undertaking  is,  of  course,  very  large,  and  the 
establishment  of  an  office  was,  therefore,  not  only  a  necessary  but  an 
