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   Reports
Curators File
Jan. - June, 1889

[[/underline]] REPORT UPON THE SECTIONS OF FOOD AND TEXTILES, IN THE U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1889. [[/underline]]
BY [[/underline]] ROMYN HITCHCOCK, ACTING CURATOR.

EXAMINED BY MR. RATHBUN MARCH 1913

   The time covered by this report is from the middle of January of the present year to the middle of June.  A review of the work of these six months would be merely a record of routine in restoring order out of the chaotic condition in which the section was found on my return from Japan.  I am happy to state that at the present time the material in my charge is all accessible and arranged with some system.  This applies to material belonging to the exhibition, reserve and study series, as well as to a large number of duplicates for exchanges
   In addition to the work of rearrangement of old specimens, which has involved the withdrawal of a great quantity of material from storage, new accessions have been cared for.  [[strikethrough]] Among the more important of thses may be mentioned my own collection from Japan, which has been cared for. [[/strikethrough]] Among the more important of these may be mentioned my own collection from Japan, which has