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to conquer the arrears of labelling and registration, a fact which will not seem extraordinary when it is realized that the collection contains at least twice as many specimens as any other department of the Museum, that of these not exceeding on half are registered and labelled according to the Museum requirements and that at any time we are liable to receive an accession large enough to employ our entire time for a whole year. I would earnestly recommend that an additional aid or at least a competent clerk be assigned to this department until arrears are made up.

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