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By a simple series of blanks the U.S. Coast Survey has enabled its officers even in the midst of the most pressing field duty to forward their monthly reports with a minimum of time and labor. A tentative scheme of a monthly blank for the use of the Curators of the Museum is herewith submitted in the hope that it or some modification of it may meet the circumstances of the case.

The idea is that one line of the journal shall be devoted to a statement of the employment upon which the force was occupied, and the absence on leave or otherwise of any of the force.

One line a day is all the writing required. At the end of the month a glance at the journal will enable the Curator to fill out the monthly report which will not take over half an hour at the most lax calculation; and both the journal and the report can then be handed in on the first day of the next month, at a minimum of labor.

The blank for the report can be printed on a whole sheet, for which the two inside pages can be reserved for matters, if any, not included in the form on the first page, which the Curator desires