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ARRANGEMENT WAS MADE WITH THE INDIAN BUREAU BY THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TO JOIN IN A SINGLE DISPLAY OF ETHNOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE UNITED STATES, TO BE HELD IN THE SPACE ASSIGNED TO THE INDIAN DEPARTMENT AND CREDITED TO THE INDIAN BUREAU. ^[[edit mark: combine into one paragraph]] ^[[(no paragraph)]] AS THE NATIONAL MUSEUM, IN CHARGE OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ALREADY EMBRACES VERY LARGE COLLECTIONS [strikethrough]] IN THIS DIRECTION [/strikethrough]] ^[[of this character]], IT WAS [[strikethrough]] POSSIBLE [[/strikethrough]] ^[[proposed]] TO CONFINE THE ACTION ON THE PART OF THE INDIAN BUREAU TO [[marginalia to indicate in-line amendment]]^[[x]][[/marginalia]] EXPLORATIONS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND COLLECTI[[strikethrough]]NS[[/strikethrough]]ONS IN THOSE PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES, [[marginalia to indicate in-line amendment]]^[[x]][[/marginalia]] WHICH WERE NOT ALREADY PROPERLY REPRESENTED; [[strikethrough]] AND [[/strikethrough]] IN THIS WAY ANY DUPLICATION WOULD BE AVOIDED.

THE ^[[display of the]] UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION, ALTHOUGH NAMED AS A SEPARATE DIVISION, IN THE BILL APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXHIBITION, NATURALLY BELONG[[strikethrough]]ED[[/strikethrough]]S TO THE SMITHSONIAN [[strikethrough]] DISPLAY [[/strikethrough]] ^[[Institution]], AND WAS ARRANGED TO FORM A SPECIAL DIVISION OF ''THE FISHERIES,'' IN THE SCHEME ALREADY REFERRED TO;  SO THAT FINALLY FIVE DIVISIONS WERE PROVIDED FOR.  FIRST, THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION;  SECOND, THE MINERAL WEALTH OF THE UNITED [[marginalia to indicate in-line amendment]]^[[x]][[/marginalia]] STATES;  THIRD, THE ANIMAL ^[[resources]];  FOURTH, THE FISHER[[strikethrough]]Y[[/strikethrough]]^[[ies]], & FIFTH, THE ETHNOLOG^[[Y]][[strikethrough]]ICAL RESOURCES[[/strikethrough]] OF THE COUNTRY. 

^[[Progress of the work]]   

I NOW PROCEED IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR INSTRUCTIONS TO PRESENT SOME ^[[further details of the proposed exhibition and an]] ACCOUNT OF WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THESE SEVERAL [[strikethrough]] DEPARTMENTS. [[/strikethrough]] ^[[divisions.]]