Ocr.  1895. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Director. 
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Department  of  Botany. — Very  little  expense  has  been  called  for 
in  the  Department  of  Botany,  the  original  installation  seeming  to 
have  met  all  requirements. 
Department  of  Industrial  Arts. — Hall  33  has  been  opened  in  this 
Department  and  devoted  to  ceramics,  while  Halls  30  and  31,  textiles, 
have  been  entirely  re-installed.  In  these  three  halls,  and  in  32, 
thirty-four  new  cases  have  been  fitted,  and  eighteen  new  bases  placed. 
One  hundred  and  seven  frames  for  the  tapestry  collection  have  been 
provided  and  hung  in  Hall  30  and  in  Lecture  Hall. 
Division  of  Transportation. — Many  models  have  been  re-covered, 
re-bronzed,  and  re-painted,  and  many  repairs  and  improvements 
made  in  Halls  46  to  53  inclusive.  Boat  Hall  and  the  Burden-Bearer 
suite  have  been  re-arranged,  cases  and  bases  re-painted,  new  glass  put 
in,  new  railings  constructed,  and  a  general  re-arrangement  of  all  of 
the  material  contained  therein. 
Columbus  Memorial. — Many  alterations  and  re-arrangements 
have  been  made  in  Halls  8  and  9.  The  pictures  have  been  re-hung 
and  much  of  the  material  which  was  rather  hurriedly  placed  in  posi- 
tion has  been  cared  for  and  put  in  a  more  satisfactory  condition. 
Lecture  Hall — Has  been  re-fitted  as  an  audience  room,  furnished 
with  a  movable  platform,  rear  and  side  doors,  roof  and  base  ventilat- 
ors, stereopticon  stand,  two  hundred  new  chairs,  etc. 
The  Library — Has  been  enclosed  with  doors,  tables  in  the  read- 
ing-room have  been  partitioned  and  re-painted,  and  pictures  hung 
therein,  and  railing  and  new  filing  cases  constructed  in  the  office  of 
the  Librarian. 
Memorial  Rotunda. — The  model  of  the  Quadriga  has  been  con- 
structed and  placed  in  position.  All  of  the  models  have  been 
re-painted,  and  a  passage  from  east  to  west  and  north  and  south 
through  the  collections  has  been  provided  by  means  of  iron  railings. 
The  above  is  a  very  brief,  imperfect  synopsis  of  the  general  work 
of  the  Museum  during  the  year,  and  while  indicating,  in  a  measure, 
the  amount  of  work  performed,  gives  necessarily  a  very  inadequate 
idea  of  it. 
Fire  and  Police  Patrol. — While  there  has  been  a  sharp  reduc- 
tion in  the  cost  of  the  protection  of  the  building  and  its  contents, 
there  has  been  a  marked  increase  in  the  efficiency  of  the  service. 
The  Fire  Department  is  provided  with  a  chemical  carriage  of  the 
capacity  of  fift3'-five  gallons;  two  hose  jumpers  with  five  hundred  feet 
of  hose  on  each  machine;  forty-twTo  hand  chemicals,  stationed  in  dif- 
ferent parts  of  the  building;  one  hundred  and  forty-eight  pails  of 
water  with  automatic  lids,  etc.,  stationed  inside  the  Building,  and  one 
