REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 



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The approximate number of specimens received by the Museum 

 during the year, and the total number in the possession of the Museum 

 at the close of the year, are recorded in the following table: 



Department. 



Anthropology: 



Kthnology 



Historic archeology 



Historic religions 



Prehistoric archeology. 



Technology 



Graphic arts 



Medicine a 



History 



Physical anthropology. 



Ceramics 



Photography 



Music 



Biologj': 



Mammals 



Birds 



Birds' eggs 



Reptiles and batrachians. 



Fishes 



MoUusks 



Insects 



Marine invertebrates 



Helminthology 



Comparative any tomy 



Plants '. ' 143,690 



Forestry 



Geology: 



Physical and chemical 



Mineralogy 



Invertebrate paleontology 



Vertebrate paleontology 



Paleobotany . . 



Total 



245,384 I 6,141,c 



a 1.887 specimens rejected as worthless from total of last year. 

 6 Catalogue entries, 

 c Estimated. 



The number of entries made in the catalogue books of the various 

 departments was 33,123. 



