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from insect-pests was encountered, but they were destroyed [[strikethrough]]fe[[/strikethrough]] before any considerable damage was done.

The hall is now almost too full to admit of a satisfactory arrangement of the material, and the need of additional floor-space is very apparent.  How to find space for the new groups now in contemplation is a problem not easily solved.

The card-catalogues of the exhibition series was revised in February and copy for a considerable number of new labels made ready for the printer.

At the beginning of the