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[[double underline]] Condition of the Collection. [[/double underline]]

For the most part the fishes in glass jars are in a good state of preservation and alcohol is renewed almost daily in such as are found to need a change.  The [[strikethrough]] Navy [[/strikethrough]] powder tanks are less reliable containers, and their contents are not in all cases well kept.  Owing to want of space, kindred species are often widely separated and many species which should be readily accessible are distributed in out-of-the-way places. A complete rearrangement of the exhibition ^ [and study] series and separation of duplicate specimens is essential to the well-being of the collection, but this cannot be done effectively until ^[increased] accommodation is at hand.


[[double underline]] Work upon the Collection.  [[/double underline]]

The customary rule of attaching numbered tin tags to all new material coming in is strictly followed, and whenever possible, without too great outlay of time, collections are fully identified.  Whenever the species cannot, for want of time, be completely made out provisional entries are made until the [[strikethrough]] Curator [[/strikethrough]] Museum collaborators find opportunity to study the collections more critically.  The want of glass jars proves a serious drawback to the proper