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however, have to be set apart in which the portfolios and cases containing the reserves can be kept, with the possibility of expansion in the future , and providing also the necessary space for tables for visitors, and in connection with these special workrooms, not accessible to ordinary visitors, in which mounting, restoring, classifying, etc., can be carried on. Before a definite plan is adopted for the arrangement of these rooms, it would, of course, be necessary to make a thorough study of similar institutions in Europe, so as to assure the adop [[strikethrough]] tio [[/strikethrough]] tion of that system which actual experience has shown to be the best.

That such collections, liberally administered, might be made of the greatest use, both educationally and practically, does not admit of the slightest doubt. Their educational value has already been dwelled upon, and I may, therefore, confine myself to a few closing remarks upon their practical use to the busy portion of mankind to whom art really is an industry. To these workers the Section of Graphic Arts might easily be made a central bureau of reference. It is already beginning to assume the