REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 9 



Xo. of ai)eciiiiena. 



XI. Do})urtiiiciit of Mjirino lu vertebrates *:}rjO, 000 



XII. Depart ineiil orCoinpurativo Anatomy 10.210 



Skelt'.tons 1,^87 



Skulls 0,5S1 



Antlers 89 



Casts of Lraius 34 



Birds' sterna 1,519 



XII. (a) Departmeutof Invertebrate Fossils (Palezoic) 80,482 



XIII. (b) Department of Invertebrate Fossils (Mesozoic) 69,742 



JXV. Department of Fossil Plants 7,429 



XV. Department of Recent Plants t:U),(K)0 



XVI. Department of Minerals IH, 401 



XVII. Department of Litholoi^y and Physical Geology 20, G47 



XVIII. Department of Metallnrgy and Economic Geology 48, 000 



Total 2,420,944 



• 



There have been uo important changes in the assigmuent of exhibition 

 space since the last report was prepared. In the hall devoted to the 

 disi)Uiy of the materia medica collection, a portion of the collection of 

 food substances has been arranged, and in a corner of the north hall are 

 exhibited a few of the objects collected for the section of steam trans- 

 portation. A few ca.ses in the north hall have also been filled with 

 coins and medals. The east end of the northeast balcony in the Smith- 

 sonian buildius: has been occupied by the department of Ethnology 

 iu arranging the collection of weapons. There are still several depart- 

 ments to which no exhibition space whatever has been assigned, on 

 account of lack of room, and the only remedy is a new additional build- 

 ing. A great mass of material is at present stored in the Armory Build- 

 ing, and must remain there until Congress has provided more spacious 

 accommodations for the collections. 



CATALOGUE ENTRIES. 



The number of entries made during the year in the Museum regis- 

 ters of the several departments is 52,115, are indicated in the following 

 table : 



Arts and Indnstries: 



Materia Medica 409 



Textiles 024 



Foods 274 



Historical Relics, Coins and Medals, and Modern Pottery 1,507 



Paints and Dyes 41 



Oils and Gums 112 



Cliemical Produels 1^8 



Fisheries and Animal Products 22() 



:5,2:?i 



Ethnology 1,344 



American Prehistoric Pottery '.\,2'X> 



Archuiology <'47 



Mammals 407 



Birds 4,147 



* Duplicates not included. t Exclusive of Professor Ward's collection. 



