INDEX. 683 



Page. 

 National Museum U. S., number of entries of specimens in record books of, 



immediately preceding: theCVn- 



tennial Exhibition of 187(1... 8 

 specimens in record books of, in 



1884 8 



specimens rec^eived by, from Doctor Abbott 

 since beginning of explorations in the 



East Indies 66 



objects of, defined 7 



operations of year, summary 15 



organization 46 



origin of 3 



packed condition of storerooms of 9 



papers by officers of, and others based wholly or in 



part upon the national collections 147 



photography 45 



plans tor additional building completed 289 



publications 6, 40, 41 



list of 143 



papers published in separate form 144 



report on Department of Anthropology 51 



Biology 61 



Geology 83 



reports of head curators 49 



researches 28 



scientific staff 93 



scope of, defined 6, 7, 181 



specimens, classification 6 



distribution of 26 



exchange and distribution of 26 



staff 46, 93 



subjects best representetl 6 



total floor area occupied by 306 



visitors 38, 39 



year of completion of 237 



National Society of Colonial Dames, loan collection from 56 



Zoological Park, beginning of 261 



Naturhistorische Hofmuseum, K. K., Vienna, Austria, exchange received 



from 27 



Natural-history studies, rooms used for, Smithsonian building 234 



workshop, (congressional ap[)ropriation for 236 



con^itruttioii of 236 



rooms in, allotted to Bureau of American Etli- 



nolt )gy 236 



photographers of V. S. Geo- 

 logical Survey 236 



Naval Medical School, graduating exercises of, held in lecture hall 40 



Navy Department, loan collection from 19,56 



objects of interest and value presented by 45 



Needham, James G., insect specimens sent to 33 



title and notice of paper by 162 



Nelson, Aven, plants loaned to 35 



Nelson, C. A., purchases in physical anthropology from 54 



