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square  feet.  30,000  feet  of  lumber  were  consumed  in  bracing  the  40 
sky-lights  in  the  roof.  200  lights  of  glass  have  been  placed  in  the  roof 
during  the  year.  The  painters  have  gone  over  163,856  square  feet  of 
surface  during  the  year. 
Department  of  Zoology. — Halls  19,  22,  and  23  have  been  opened, 
fitted  with  new  cases,  and  filled  with  material  that  had  been  crowded 
into  the  cases  of  other  halls.  An  iron  gallery  for  the  use  of  the  Cur- 
ator of  Ornithology  and  the  storage  of  skins  has  been  constructed  in 
Hall  27.  Halls  20,  25,  and  26  have  been  re-arranged  and  cases  and 
bases  re-painted. 
Department  of  Geology. — In  Halls  60  and  61  new  easels  have  been 
constructed  and  all  the  relief  maps  re-painted  or  re-touched.  The 
West  Rotunda  statistical  column  has  been  rebuilt  with  iron  frame- 
work. The  Laboratory  has  been  fitted  up  with  working  benches, 
storage  cases,  etc.  Hall  79  has  been  re-arranged,  cases  re-painted, 
new  glass  put  in  upright  cases,  statue  of  Vulcan  in  iron  and  copper 
transferred  from  East  Court  and  re-erected.  Halls  62,  63,  64,  66,  67, 
68,  70,  72,  76,  77,  and  78  each  have  had  attention  in  the  nature  of  either 
repairs,  re-painting,  new  sash,  new  bases,  new  cases  entire,  glass,  etc. 
Department  of  Anthropology. — In  Halls  4,  5,  6,  7,  10,  11,  16,  and 
17,  old  cases  have  been  re-backed  and  re-painted,  and  storage  bases 
provided  for  flat  cases.  Halls  13  and  15  have  been  provided  with 
storage  bases  with  drawers,  and  new  cases  for  the  gold  collection.  In 
Hall  18  a  new  center  case  has  been  built  and  a  re-arrangement  of  sus- 
pended installation  carried  out. 
East  Court. — Entire  re-installation.  The  old  engine  models  were 
presented  to  Armour  Institute  and  other  large  objects,  donated  to  the 
Museum,  were  removed  by  the  donors.  The  Court,  being  added  to  the 
Department  of  Anthropology,  was  installed  with  new  material,  and 
material  crowded  from  the  adjoining  halls.  Alcoves  81,  85,  86,  89, 
90,  91  and  92  have  all  been  re-arranged,  cases  placed  on  new  bases, 
and  general  repairs  and  improvements  made.  Halls  1,  2  and  3  have 
been  re-arranged,  with  entirely  new  cases,  most  of  the  material  dis- 
placed by  the  re-arrangement  being  either  re-installed  in  the  North 
Court  Alcoves  or  sent  to  the  warehouse. 
North  Court.- — New  installation  in  new  cases  containing  collec- 
tions of  antique  glass,  the  reproductions  of  the  Naples  bronzes  and  the 
Irish  antiquities.  Six  partitions  were  erected  in  the  North  Court  form- 
ing new  alcoves.  In  this  Court  19  new  cases  have  been  placed  and  all 
of  the  old  cases  re-painted. 
West  Court. — In  the  West  Court  few  changes  have  been  made 
except  that  a  row  of  cases  of  shells  has  been  installed  on  the  south 
side  of  the  Court. 
