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[[centered]] 17 [[/centered]] Acknowledgments. [[Printed clipping pasted onto page]] the following rules for the acknowledgment of specimens will be adhered to: [[strikethrough]] 1. [[/strikethrough]] Each contribution will be recognized by a formal written acknowledgment from the Director. [[strikethrough]] 2. [[/strikethrough]] Each contribution will be published in the annual reports of Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum; and in the catalogues and other publications of these establishments in which the objects contributed may be alluded to, the name of the contributor will always be given. [[strikethroghu]] 3. [[/strikethrough]] On the label, which is invariably attached to every object, the name of the contributor will be conspicuously printed. In the case of donations the form will be "Gift of [[2 lines denoting blank space]]," and where the objects have been obtained by special exertions of a friend of the Museum, who, however, is not their donor, the form will be "Obtained by [[2 lines denoting blank space]]," or "Collected by [[2 lines denoting blank space]]." [[Image: horizontal line, colophon character, horizontal line]]