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was spent in arranging, labeling, and [[strikethrough]] pl [[/strikethrough]] putting on exhibition specimens acquired in conducting correspondence with a view to increasing the collection, in gathering a working library for the use of the Section, and of properly accredited Orientalists visiting Washington, in the preparation of a report on the progress of Oriental Science in America during 1888, and in the transaction of the business connected with the meeting of the 8th International Congress of Orientalists at Stockholm.