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THE REPUBLIC
OF COSTA RICA

colophon of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum

BY

Gustavo Niederlein

CHIEF OF THE SCIENTIFIC DEPARTMENT

THE PHILADELPHIA
COMMERCIAL MUSEUM


THE

PHILADELPHIA MUSEUMS,

Established by Ordinance of City Councils, 1894.

233 South Fourth Street.


BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Ex-Officio.

Hon. DANIEL H. HASTINGS,
Governor of Pennsylvania.

Hon. CHARLES F. WARWICK,
Mayor of the City of Philadelphia.

JAMES L. MILES,
President of Select Council.

WENCEL HARTMAN,
President of Common Council.

SAMUEL B. HUEY,
President of the Board of Public Education.

Dr. EDWARD BROOKS,
Superintendent of Public Schools.

NATHAN C. SCHAEFFER,
State Superintendent of Public Schools.

J. T. ROTHROCK, B. S., M. D.,
State Forestry Commissioner.

Permanent Trustees,
WILLIAM PEPPER, M. D., LL. D.,
CHARLES H. CRAMP,
THOMAS DOLAN,
GEORGE F. EDMUNDS,
WILLIAM M. ELKINS,
Mrs. CORNELIUS STEVENSON, Sc.D.,
SIMON GRATZ,
THOMAS MEEHAN,
DANIEL BAUGH,
W. W. FOULKROD,
FRANK THOMSON,
JOHN WANAMAKER,
P. A. B. WIDENER,
SYNDEY L. WRIGHT.

OFFICERS
OF THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

WM. PEPPER, M. D., LL.D.,
President.

CHARLES H. CRAMP,
Vice-President.

SYDNEY L. WRIGHT,
Treasurer.

WILLIAM M. WATTS,
Secretary.


OFFICERS OF THE MUSEUM.

WILLIAM P. WILSON, Sc.D.,
Director.

WILLIAM HARPER,
Chief of the Bureau of Information.

C. A. GREEN,
Assistant Chief of the Bureau of Information.

WILFRED H. SCHOFF,
Foreign Secretary of the Bureau of Information.

GUSTAVE NIEDERLEIN,
Chief of the Scientific Department.

WM. B. MARSHALL,
Curator of Natural Products.

LOUIS J. MATOS,
Chief of Laboratories.

CONTENTS

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