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versity of Nebraska.  It will be of great service in the study of this group.

During the first part of the year, the west hall of the Smithsonian Institution, used by this department for exhibition purposes remained in the same condition as explained in the last report, but in preparation for the extensive repairs authorized by the last Congress it became necessary to close the hall to the public in March, and to make suitable disposition of the collection which would soon have been damaged by the