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UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
UNDER DIRECTION OF 
THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
WASHINGTON
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the Madrid Exposition, the material for which will be subsequently exhibited in Chicago. In the Museum force, some changes have been made: Miss Latham has been absent from my service on leave; Mr. John D. Epes of Blackstone, Va., has been appointed to fill the place of Mr. Hough who has been selected to accompany Mr. Goode to Madrid; Mr. Pom K. Soh has been ill almost the entire month.
 
During the month, with the aid of such laborers as we could secure, we have taken up all accessions lately made on account of