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Departmental Cataloguing, Inventorying, and Labeling. — The work of 

 cataloguing specimens as received in the Department of Geology 

 has proceeded as usual during the year. In addition a complete 

 catalogue of the photographs belonging to the (Department has 

 been made, and the prints of these in the Department albums care- 

 fully labeled. The number of these, of which a complete and per- 

 manent record is now thus available, is 1,548. A partial card cata- 

 logue of the clay collection has been made, the cards showing the 

 character of the clay, manner of burning, locality, and analysis where 

 this has been obtainable from literature or has been made in the De- 

 partment. The work of labeling the paleontological collections has 

 been completed during the year by the preparation of 1,455 black 

 cardboard labels printed in aluminum ink. The text of these labels 

 was prepared with a view to making them, as far as possible, of popular 

 interest. Common names and descriptive terms were therefore used 

 in connection with the scientific ones. In addition, ten large descrip- 

 tive labels, some of them illustrated by special cuts, have been provided 

 for the cases of invertebrate fossils. These labels give comprehensive 

 descriptions of the animal or plant groups represented and of the life and 

 distribution of the rocks of each period. About 500 labels have been 

 prepared to complete the labeling of the collection of gold and silver 

 ores in Hall 72, and 350 miscellaneous labels for new specimens in 

 various collections. The inventory of the Department of Anthro- 

 pology has been practically brought up to date, and it remained during 

 the present year to continue the inventory of collections as they were 

 received. Practically all of the collections received during the year 

 were catalogued and recorded except those made by Dr. Hudson, who 

 has not returned from the field. The number of labels prepared during 

 the year has not been as large as in previous years. This is largely due 

 to the fact that the work of new installation has been suspended for 

 the present. All specimens placed on exhibition, even though the 

 exhibition be of a temporary nature, have been provided with identi- 

 fication labels, while printed labels have been made for a number of 

 small collections and for the large Tlingit collection, numbering over 

 2,000 specimens. The recording of collections received in the Depart- 

 ment of Botany has been consistently kept up to date throughout the 

 year, 21,917 entries having been made in the inventory books of the 

 department. These books now comprise 51 volumes, in which 161,861 

 entries have been made to date. The work in the economic section, 

 carried on by the Curator, has been principally spent upon labeling. 

 A complete catalogue of the birds of North America, Central America, 



