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Labels for printing have been prepared during the month for nearly all the specimens that are sufficiently well identified for which labels had not previously been written, and this work has taken up a large proportion of the time. 

[[left margin: a blue line down the rest of the page]] A complete alphabetical index to the specimens in the study series - principally typical textile fibres for examination - has been made, arranged by common & botanical names. 

The specimens of fibres in the exhibition and reserve series have also been indexed alphabetically, so that it is possible to know immediately whether any particular fibre is in the collection or not.

It is now considered that the textiles collection is in such a condition that it may be left without further constant attention, and the acting curator will give special attention hereafter to the