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An allotment for making drawings of interesting or new forms of shells was granted at the beginning of the year at the suggestion of the Assistant Secretary.  Excellent use has been made of it, admirable drawings of many critical, little known or unfigured species being now in our hands, as a beginning toward an iconography which it is to be hoped may eventually include all our species. 

The elimination of duplicates has proceeded pari passu with the revision of the general collection and the incorporation of new material. These duplicates in large part have been boxed, numbered, labelled and stamped, so as to be in a state for storage until they can be distributed or put up in sets for educational purposes, our force being entirely inadequate at present to any such understanding.

With the assistance of Mr. Greegor a beginning has been made in sectioning

Transcription Notes:
Underlined text is "pari passu"--meaning "side by side" or "at the same rate." Mr. Greegor is listed as a staff member.