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V. [[underlined]] Recommendations and General Remarks [[/underlined]]

The present condition of the collection is on the whole very satisfactory.  The chief desideratum in the exhibition hall is cases better adapted for the display of specimens. [[strikethrough]] It is to be hoped [[/strikethrough]] The Curator hopes to solve the problem of casing large specimens in some satisfactory-manner within a reasonable time.  In the laboratory better means are needed for the protection of the specimens [[strikethrough]] against [[/strikethrough]] from dust.  The amount of dust which collects in the laboratory is very great; it is a constant source of inconvenience. [[strikethrough]] The accumulation [[/strikethrough]] [[strikethrough]] This unwelcome
 accumulation of dust [[/strikethrough]] The majority [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] blows in at the open windows in summer-time from the roads in the Smithsonian grounds which are constantly traveled over but seldom watered.  During the dust storms which occur [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] especially