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^[[ [[underlined]] MAMMALS - 1897 [[/underlined]] ]]
^[[ [[underlined]] Received [[/underlined]] ]]
[[stamped]] DIVISION OF CORRESPONDENCE & REPORTS JUL 30 1897 [[/stamped]]

1. How has the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897, compared with the previous year, as far as (a) the number of accessions and (b) their scientific value are concerned ? 


The year 1897 does not compare favorably with the preceding years in the number and value of accessions.  No important new sources of increment have been developed and, for reasons which will be given in the following pages, the Curator has been unable to follow up the old leads closely.
( It seems clear that more money is necessary for the acquisition of material.]]

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Used recommended markup of ^[[text]] to indicate handwritten text in typed page. Reviewed -@siobhanleachman Later transcriber: disagree. The ^[[text]] is used in situations where the handwritten change is small (as at the top of this page). This page, in contrast, is a situation where only the initial question is typewritten and the rest is handwritten. Either the two need to be differentiated by [[typwritten]]/[[typewritten]] and [[handwritten]][[/handwritten]] (more that a ^[[text]]) or we ignore the two kinds of writing and just transcribe. I'm going with the latter.