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3. Review of Researches

No original investigations have been conducted in this department, the routine work demanding all the time to the exclusion of other interests. A list of the vegetable fibres in the collection was published in No. 24 of the "Proceedings" of the Museum, but since it was prepared the collection has largely increased.
A complete list of vegetable textile fibres, with common local, and botanical names alphabetically arranged, is in course of preparation, but it will not be published for a year or more. This list will give also the [[strikethrough]] position and [[/strikethrough]] classification of the fibres according to the system adopted in the museum.