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[[triple underline]]REPORT[[/triple underline]]

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[[triple underline]]in the[[/triple underline]] U.S.Nat.^[[ional]] Museum, 1890.

[[strikethrough]]by[[/strikethrough]] ^[[By]] [[double underline]]Cyrus Adler[[/double underline]], [[underline]]Assistant Curator.[[/underline]]

In the absence in Europe of Professor Paul Haupt, Honorary Curator of the Section, I beg to submit the following report for the past fiscal year.

The collections exhibited are still confined to Babylonian, Assyrian and Egyptian objects, and the considerable amount of material now in the Museum which would naturally come under the heading of Biblical Archaeology is exhibited in other departments.   Possibly the most gratifying results of the year's work , the character of which did not differ from the preceding one, is the increased co-operation of other Institutions and of individuals, and the aid the Section has been enabled to extend to the recently established museums, and to scientific investigators.

The authorities of the Catholic University of America ( Washington D.C.) recently inaugurated, have established an Oriental Museum.   They have adopted the Museum standards and