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The loss in effective work from this cause has been constantly so large that I am convinced that a moderate expenditure to obviate the nuisance would be in the line of economy to the museum as well as beneficial to the workers.

The manner in which the work of the department is carried out, and the details of routine adopted for the material administered upon, were fully described in my last report.  It does not appear necessary to recapitulate them.

The work, as during the past two years, has chiefly consisted in the classification and preparation of material received during the year and left over from previous years. By the faithfulness and