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The extent of general routine work may be briefly stated as follows:

Pages (MS.) of articles submitted for publication based on Museum material..... 345 1/4*
Proof corrected: printed pages..... 259 1/2
" "[[ditto for corrected: printed]] galleys... 91 1/2
Official letters written..... 326
"[[ditto for Official]] memoranda "[[ditto for written]]..... 233
Invoices (triplicates) "[[ditto for written]]..... 206
Monthly reports "[[ditto for written]] pages MS..... 114
Annual report " " "[[ditto for written pages MS]] .....74
Memoranda of packing "[[ditto for written]]..... 135

In addition to the above, many hundred labels were written and proof corrected.

The taxidermists of the Department during the year performed the following work:

Birds mounted ... 576
"[[ditto for Birds]] skinned ... 122

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* Of these 103 1/4 pages were prepared by the curator, and 147 by the assistant curator. 

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the number of period leaders before the quantities are adjusted so that the numbers are justified to right margin.