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Altogether the most valuable collection received during the year is that made by [[Mr?]] Turner in Labrador. The material is quite extensive especially in individuals and has been collected and preserved with great care and judgement.  I have therefore taken great pains to mount such of the alcoholic material, and such of the dry material as would most quickly deteriate[[deteriorate]] if left as collected, in order that it may be permanently preserved for future study and I have been particular to attach to every specimen not only the accession number but the number used by the collector, so as to facilitate his own work upon the collection.

[[left marginalia]]Beyond [[?]]Turner's material which includes some thousands of specimens the accessions have had very little value and have in the majority of cases not been worth preserving.[[/marginalia]] 

The work of the Department has consisted, in addition to the ordinary correspondence and determination of material, in the proper care, so far as time would permit, of the material received[[strikethrough]]but[[/strikethrough]] .  But, taking advantage of the Government's participation in the New Orleans exposition, I have prepared as a part of the exhibit from the Department of Agriculture, a[[strikethrough]]n exhibit[[/strikethrough]] collection illustrative of Economic Entomology  [[strikethrough]] which [[?]] which the Museum unit [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] employing