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In making exchanges with scientific estabhshments and indi- 

 viduals, for which a corresponding equivalent is received, 14,129 

 duplicate specimens were used, in 224 lots, of which 156 were biolog- 

 ical, with 9,61S specimens; 22 geological, with 3,637 specimens, and 

 46 antlu'opological, with 874 specimens. A total of 14,615 speci- 

 mens were also sent to specialists for stud}', in 139 lots, 119 })eing 

 biological and 20 geological. References to many of these trans- 

 actions will be found under other headings, but as an indication of 

 the extensive relations of the IMuseum abroad it is interesting to 

 note here the sources of foreign exchanges for the year. 



The establishments from which specimens were received were 

 the British Museum of Natural History, London, England; the 

 University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge, England; the Royal 

 Botanic Gardens, Kew, England; the Museum of Natural History, 

 Paris, France; the Royal Botanical Museum, Berlin, Germany; 

 the Royal Zoological and Anthropological-Ethnographical Museum, 

 Dresden, Germany; the University of Leipzig, Germany; the Zoo- 

 logical Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark; the K. K. Naturhistorisches 

 Hofmuseum, Vienna, Austria; the Museo de Ciencias Naturales, 

 Madrid, Spain; the Ro^'al Botanical Garden, Calcutta, India; the 

 College of Science, Tokyo, Japan, tlu'ough the Imperial Japanese 

 Commission at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition; the Albany 

 Museum, Grahamstown, South Africa; the ]\Iuseo Nacional, City 

 of Mexico, Mexico; the Museo de la Plata, La Plata, Argentina; the 

 Museo Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil, and the Museo Nacional, Rio de 

 Janeiro, Brazil. 



The individuals were as follows: M. Jean Miguel, Barroubio, 

 Herault, France; M. Pissaro, Paris, France; M. F. Canu, Ver- 

 sailles, France; Dr. Max Verworn, of the Universit}- of Gottmgen, 

 Germany; Prof. G. ^I. R. Levinsen, of the University of Copen- 

 hagen, Denmark; Dr. J. Matiegka, of the University of Prague, 

 Austria; Dr. Gustav Mayr and Baron Ludwig Ambroz}', Vienna, 

 Austria; Prof. S. Brusina, Zagreb, Croatia; Mr. Robert Meusel, 

 Ujpest, Hungary; Mi-. A. Berger, La Mortola, Italy; Rev. R. P. L. 

 Navas, of the Colegio del Salvador, Zaragoza, Spain; Mr. T. Tsuchida, 

 Misaki, Japan; Mr. Y. Hirase, Kyoto, Japan; Mr. Charles M. Maple- 

 stone, Eltham, Victoria, Australia; Mr. E. S. Anthony, Hobart, 

 Tasmania; Mr. H. Pittier, San Jose, Costa Rica; vSenor Don Anas- 

 tasio Alfaro, director of the Museo Nacional, San Jose, Costa Rica, 

 and Mr. F. H. Wolley Dod, Millarville, Alberta, Canada. 



VISITORS. 



The visitors to the ]\Iuseum building during the year numbered 

 235,921, an increase of 15,143 over the previous year, and an aver- 

 age daily attendance of 753. The Smithsonian building was visited 



