REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



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No work upon the collections has been done by parties not officially 

 connected with the Museum since the close of the census investigation 

 of the building-stone industry of the United States early in the year. 



The number of specimens in the entire collection is not far from 

 12,500, of which 3,862 are building stones, while the remainder are 

 mostly smaller specimens of more strictly scientific interest. Of the 

 entire collection not less than 2,000 are duplicates. Of the 3,862 speci- 

 mens of building stone 1,684 are dressed, and 1,332 already on exhibi- 

 tion, though not yet fully labeled ; but 54 specimens were dressed during 

 the past year. 



The following table gives the collection of building stone proper in de- 

 tail, the majority of the specimens being of sufficient size to dress into 

 4-inch cubes, or to give at least 16 square inches of finished surface : 



UNITED STATES. 



Alabama 



Arkansas 



Arizona 



California 



Colorado 



Connecticut 



Dakota 



Delaware 



District of Columbia . . 



Florida 



Georgia 



Idaho 



Illinois 



Indiana 



Iowa 



Kansas 



Kentucky 



Maine 



Massachusetts 



Maryland 



Michigan 



Minnesota 



Missouri 



Montana 



Nebraska 



New Hampshire 



New Jersey 



New Mexico . 



New York 



Nevada 



North Carolina 



Ohio 



10 



8 



4 



44 



31 



65 



5 



5 



3 



7 



7 



2 



110 



78 



195 



182 



6 



125 



226 



108 



29 



108 



152 



9 



8 



106 



133 



16 



272 



8 



120 



314 



Oregon 



Pennsylvania 



Rhode Island 



Tennessee 



Texas 



Utah 



Vermont 



Virginia 



West Virginia 



Washington Territory . . 



Wisconsin 



Wyoming 



FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



Africa 



Bermuda 



Canada 



China 



Egypt 



France 



Germany - 



Greece 



Ireland 



Italy 



Japan 



New Brunswick . . 

 New South Wales 



Portugal 



Russia 



Scotland 



Turkey 



6 



331 



42 



126 



41 



13 



220 



71 



16 



4 



89 



7 



2 



75 



16 



1 



6 



3 



1 



2 



1 



89 



50 



5 



8 



154 



21 



24 



2 



Total No. of specimens. 3,862 



