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^[[Curators reports file]] ^[[K 1 upper Mason December 1886]]
[[preprinted]] UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM
UNDER DIRECTION OF
THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
WASHINGTON [[/preprinted]] Feb. 15, 1887

To: Prof. S. F. Baird.
Director of Smithson. Inst.
Dear Sir:

I have the honor to submit the following report of the Department of Ethnology for the month of December, 1886.

During the month the force consisted of Miss Latham, and Messrs. Bolles, Sweeney, Hough,  and Chandlee. The entire force during the month has been engaged in reorganizing all of the collections on the Balcony. A great mass of material too large to go in standard drawers, such as matting,