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3. the year has been devoted to the labelling of ^[[the]] collections placed on exhibition, with written labels and I am glad to be able to state that this important task is nearing its completion. All the specimens on the eastern side of the hall have thus been provided for, and of those on the western side only a comparatively small part is still unlabelled. If the work caused by the World's Columbian Exposition, had not interfered, it is quite likely that the labelling would have been completed by this time. That part of the collections which is not on exhibition is still awaiting its definite arrangement and classification, and this holds good also of the duplicates on hand. As stated in previous reports, the material so far gathered is hardly fitted to [[strikethrough]]?[[/strikethrough]] encourage special researches by its aid. The notes on Japanese wood-cutting and wood-