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work of organizing and securing a thorough representation of the Economic Geology and mineralogy of the United States is placed by the Institution under your direction. You are [[strike]] desired [[/strike]] required to take the responsibility of the work and to devise and use the most efficient and economical means for the realization of the end in view.
   The Institution will provide suitable facilities for the reception , unpacking classifying and repacking the collection. Such specimens as are already in