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examined when occasion requires. The same may be said of certain specimens of cotton.

There are also on storage 27 unit boxes of mounted textiles which will not be required in the museum, but as the specimens are all good & well prepared, it has been deemed best to preserve them ready for use whenever it becomes necessary for the museum to take part in expositions elsewhere.

The study-series at present contains 390 specimens, principally of fibres, numerically arranged & catalogued.