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^[[Kohler]]

11. Please present any plans which you may have in view for the development of your department. 

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^[[I am at present engaged in making a card catalouge of the material under my
care. This will allow a systematic arrangement, and will, therefore, present a
better view of all the specimens on hand, including both those on exhibition and those in the storage cases. 

With the aid of this card catalouge, I purpose to make a selection of the best specimens available, and the to re-arrange the whole exhibition series, if the necessary facilities for this somewhat laborious undertaking can be obtained. 

After the best results to be had out of the specimens on hand have this been secured, it will be desirable to publish a manual of the collection. 

Whether anything more shall be done, must depend upon the general condition 
of affairs. Without money and without additional space, the development of the
Section of Graphic Arts will necessarily have to be suspended for the time being, 
as soon as the aim above pointed out has been reached. ]]