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1 Copied - July G.B.G. | JUL 7 1891 Report for 1890-91. [[strikethrough]] Department of Mollusks.[[/strikethrough]] Report on the Department of Mollusks (including Cenozoic fossils) in the U.S. National Museum, 1891. [[strikethrough]] Force. [[/strikethrough]] By William H. Dall, Honorary Curator. The force of the Department of Mollusks during the past year, has in addition to the honorary curator, Mr William H. Dall [[strikethrough]] comprised besides the Honorary Curator: [[/strikethrough]] included Dr. R.E.C. Stearns, U.S. Geol. Survey, Adjunct Curator: Mr. Chas. Torrey Simpson, Aid: Mr. S. Hazen Bond, Copyist: and Miss. N.C. Beard, Copyist. The three last mentioned have comprised the paid force of the Department, while, as in previous years, by permission of the Director of the U. S. Geological Survey, [[strikethrough]] beside [[/strikethrough]] in addition to the [[strikethrough]] writer [[/strikethrough]] Curator, Dr. Stearns, Mr. Gilbert D. Harris and Mr. Frank Burns of the U.S. Geological Survey have devoted more or less of their time to the work of the Department in connection with their paleontological
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last word should be -'paleontological' but transcription has put 'logical' atop the next page so I've left this as is.
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