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228 "Shipped March 16, 3 boxes Nos. 91, 92, 94 to Messrs. Roderique & Son, N. Y., via Fr. Ex., $500 on each box, charges prepaid." On the same day he notifies the office that the shipment has been made, and the office writes a letter to Detroit, to Boston, and to Chicago, saying "We have been asked by Messrs. Roderique and Company to send you certain pictures (mention them by name). They have been shipped to you to-day via Franconia Express prepaid, valuation $500 on each box. Kindly notify us if you do not receive them promptly." To Messrs. Roderique and Company a letter goes, repeating their instructions and stating that the shipment has been made.

There is thus a complete record on file of all the processes in the handling of this shipment. The notification to the lender that a shipment has been made is important legally in case of loss in transit. We have already referred to the office end. Let us return to that and see what records are kept there. When the record has been entered in the packer's lists, he notifies the office that he has received a shipment and what it contains. The director then decides what is to be done with the objects, brought to his office, put in the store room, or on exhibition. He then notifies his assistant who enters in the loan book the fact of