REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



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Name of department. 



1883. 



1883. 



'188>-'86. 



1886-'87. 



5,516 



877 

 3,144 

 ] 0,078 



2, 822 



1 



[ 13, 634 



J 



417 



2,238 

 100 

 500 

 251 

 198 

 661 



1887-'88. 



5,762 



877 



3,144 



10, 078 



2,822 



1888-'8 



5,942 

 911 

 3,222 

 10, 078 

 2,948 



3,011 

 100 

 500 

 251 

 198 

 661 



600 



427 



3,011 

 109 

 500 

 251 

 213 



«1889-'90. 



Alts and industries : 



Materia medica 4,000 4,442 4,850 



Foods 1,244 1,580 822 



Textiles 2,000 3,063 



Fisheries 5, 000 9, 870 



Animal products 1,000 2,792 



Graphic arts 



Transportation and en- 

 gineering 



Naval architecture 600 



Historical rolics 1,002 



Coins, medals, paper > 13, 634 14, 640 ' 14, 990 



money, etc — 1, 005 



Musical insti uinents .. 400 



Modern pottery, por- 

 celain, and bronzes ... 2, 278 



Paints and dyes 77 



"The Catliu Gallery" . 500 



Physical apparatus 250 



Oils and gums -- 197 



Chemical products 659 



Domestic animals 



Ethnology 200,000 500, 000 ' 503, 764 



American aboriginal pot- 

 tery 12,000 25,000 I 20,022 27,122 



Oriental antiquities 



Prehistoric anthropology .. 35, 512 ; 40, 491 45,252 65,314 101, 659 1 108, 631 

 Mammals (skins and alco- 

 holics) 4,660 4,920 5,694 7,451 



Birds 44,354 47,246 50,350 55,945 



Birds' eggs and nests 40, 072 44, 163 



Reptiles and batrachians 23, 495 25, 344 



Fishes 50,000 65,000 68,000 75,000 



Vertebrate fossils ' 



Mollusks 33,375 400,000 



Insects 1,000 151,000 



Murine invertebrates 11,781 14,825 200,000 



Comparative anatomy: 



Osteology 3,535 3,640 4,214 



Anatomy 70 103 I 3.000 



Paleozoic fossils 20, 000 73, 000 



Mesozoic fossils I 100, 000 



' No census of collection taken. 



2 The actual increase in the collections during the year 1889-'90 is much greater than appears from 

 a comparison of the totals for 1889 and lor 1890. This is explained by the apparent absence of any 

 increase in the Departmenls of Lithology and Metallurgy, the total for 1890 iu both of these depart 

 ments combined showing a decrease of 40,314 specimens, owing to the rejection of worthless material. 



3 Although about two hundred specimens have been received during the year, the total number of 

 specimens in the collection is now less than that estimated for 1889, owing to the rejection of worth- 

 less material. 



'' The collection now contains between 3,000 and 4,000 specimens. 

 •'No estimate of increase made in 1890. 

 ^Included in the historical collection. 



'Only a small portion of the collection represented by this number was received during the year 

 1889-'90. 



460, 000 

 500, 000 

 350, 000 



1 10, 210 



80, 482 

 69, 742 



505,464 I 506,324 



28, 222 



850 



116,472 



8, 275 

 57, 974 

 50, 173 

 28, 405 

 107, 350 



468, 000 

 003, 000 

 515, 300 



11,753 



91,126 

 71, 236 



35,915 

 1,111 

 3,288 



10, 080 



2,949 



■•600 



M,250 

 6 000 



20, 890 



447 



3,132 

 197 

 C) 

 263 



1,112 



66 



508, 830 



29, 269 



3, 485 



123, 677 



8,836 

 60, 219 

 51, 241 

 29, 050 

 12i, 575 

 '512 

 471, 500 

 618,000 

 520, 000 



12, 326 



92, 355 

 71, 305 



