REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 

 Table B. — Exhibition space. 



Department. 



NATURAL HISTORY COLLEC- 

 TIONS. 



Zoology : 



Mammals 



Birds 



Keptiies and batrachiaus. 



Fishes and fisheries 



Mollusks 



Marine invertebrates 



(other than mollusks) - . 



Insects 



Comparative anatomy . .. 

 Botany : 



Systematic and economic 



(including forestry) ... 

 Paleontology ; 



Invertebrate (including 



Paleozoic, Mesozoicand 



Cenozoic) 



Floor 

 space now 

 occupied. 



Sq.feet. 

 C, 500 

 6,000 

 1,000 

 7,600 

 3,500 



3,000 

 1,600 

 4,500 



Anjount 

 required. 



2,500 



Sq.feet. 

 12, 000 

 14, 000 

 3, 000 

 11,001) 

 5,000 



5,500 

 4,000 

 10, 000 



4,000 



7,500 



Tablk C— Storage, workshojys, offices, labomtories, etc. 



Department. 



NATURAL HISTORY. 



Zool igy: ■ 



Mammals 



Bir.ls 



Keptiies and batnchians 



Fishi^s 



Mollusks 



Marine invertebrates (other than 



mollusks) 



Insects 



Comparative anatomy 



Botany : 



Herbarium 



Paleontology : 

 Invertebrate: 



Paleozoic 



Mesozoic 



Cenozoic 



Plants (fossil) 



Vertebrate 



Square 

 feet. 



3,000 

 4,000 

 2,500 

 5, 000 

 4.000 



4,000 

 2,400 

 3,000 



4,000 



4,000 

 4,000 

 4,000 

 2,000 

 6,000 



Department. 



NATURAL HISTORY — continued. 



Geology : 



Mineralogy and geology (including 



workshops) 



Anthropology : 



Prehistoric archieology 



General ethnology 



Arts and industries (several divis 



ions) 



Taxidermists, osteologists, modelers, 



preparators 



Mechanics 



General storage rooms, for cases not in 

 iise, duplicates, unelaborated material, 

 etc 



Total 



Square 

 feet. 



4,000 



2, 000 

 6,000 



10, 000 

 5,000 



In compliauce with the requirements of the sundry civ il bill approved 

 March 2, 1889, an examination was made of the National Museum by 

 the Architect of the Capitol for the purpose of estimating the cost of 

 constructing a basement story under that building. The only portion 



