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^[[Ack'd Oct 15]]

REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MAMMALS IN THE U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM, I89I.

By [[double-underline]]Frederick W. True[[/double-underline]], [[underline]]Curator.[[underline]]

Although in the number and importance of accessions the past year will, perhaps, compare favorably with precious ones, many circumstances have conspired to render the year's work less satisfactory than it might otherwise have been.   There was much sickness among the members of the office-force, which made it necessary to employ temporary assistants from time to time, and this [[strikethrough]] which [[strikethrough]] interrupted the work of those who remained in the service throughout the year.   The temporary assistants, being unacquainted with the work, could not proceed very rapidly.   This brought a great deal of clerical work upon the Curator, who might have been much better employed in the matters of a more general character.   The correspondence was larger than usual.   The latter part of the year was almost exclusively occupied by work connected with the preparations for the World's Columbian Exposition.   For this no additional clerical aid was granted.

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For date, typist used capital I instead of 1, a convention that is still sometimes seen in European manuscripts. Transcribed as written.