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[[Upper right corner]] 5.[[/upper right corner]] [[Letterhead]] UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM UNDER DIRECTION OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION WASHINGTON ^[[OCT. 7.18 85.]] [[/Letterhead]] In June the Chief taxidermist was ordered to New Orleans to superintendent the packing of the mammals exhibited in that city; during his stay he negotiated an exchange in behalf of the Museum by which three valuable species of Quadruniana were acquired, including a specimen of the interesting Gibbon, [[underline]]Hylobates concolor[[/underline]]. The New Orleans exhibit was not received at the museum until after the 1st of July. (For a detailed account of this collection see Museum Report, 1884. p.129). At the beginning of the year in office and a commodious laboratory in the southwest pavilion of the Museum building was assigned to the department; the collections are thereby made more accessible and formerly. The work of