REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



Table A. — Annual increase in the collections. 



Name of departmeut. 



NATURAL HISTORY. 

 Zoology : 



Mammals 



Birds 



Birds' eggs 



Reptiles and batrachians. 



Fishes 



Mollusks 



Marine invertebrates 

 (other than mollusks) . . 



Insects 



Comparative anatomy . . . 



Living animals 



Botany : 



Recent plants 



Paleontology : 

 Invertebrate : 



Paleozoic 



Mesozoic 



Cenozoic (included with 



mollusks) 



Plants 



Geology : 



Minerals 



Lithology 



Metallurgy 



ANTHROPOLOGT. 



Prehistoric archa;ology 



Ethnology 



American aboriginal pottery. 

 Oriental antiquities 



ARTS AND INDUSTRIES. 



Mateiia medica 



Foods 



Textiles 



Fisheries 



A.nimal products 



Naval architecture 



Historical relics 



Coins, medals, paper money, 



etc 



Musical instruments 



Modern pottery, porcelain, 



and bronzes 



Paints and dyes 



"TheCatlin Gallery" 



Physical apparatus 



Oils and gums 



Chemical products 



4,660 

 44, 354 



50, 000 

 233, 375 



m, 781 

 1,000 

 3,605 



'9,075 



35, 512 



Total 393,362 



1884 



4,920 

 47, 246 



65, 000 



'14.825 



3,742 



5,694 

 50, 350 

 40, 072 

 23, 495 



68, 000 

 400, OGO 



''200,000 

 *151, 000 



7,214 



20, 000 



73, 000 

 100, 000 



4,624 ] 6 7_291 



14, 550 

 12,500 

 30, 000 



40, 491 



4,000 

 n,244 



263, 143 



26, 610 

 18, 000 

 40, 009 



45, 252 



206, 000 



12,000 



4,442 

 1,580 

 2,000 

 5, 000 

 1,000 

 600 



1885-'66. I 1886-87. 1887-88, 



7,451 

 55, 945 

 44, 163 

 25, 344 



75, 000 

 ■HtO, 000 



■•350,000 



500, 000 



10, 210 



30, 000 



80, 482 

 69, 742 



«7,429 



18, 401 

 20, 647 

 48, 000 



65, 314 



*500, 000 



25, 000 



4,850 



S822 



3,064 



8 9,870 



2,792 



7,811 



54, 987 



'48,173 



27, 542 



100 000 



425, 000 



"450,000 



■'585,000 

 ''11,022 



* 32, 000 



84, 491 

 70, 775 



8,462 



18, 601 

 8 21, 500 

 849,000 



101, 659 

 503, 764 

 426, 022 



:,002 



1,055 

 400 



77 



500 



250 



»197 



"659 



5,516 

 10877 

 3,144 

 10, 078 

 2.822 



13,634 



,238 

 100 

 500 

 251 

 198 

 661 



1,472,600 2,420, 944 2,666,335 



8,058 

 56,484 

 50, 055 

 27, 664 

 101, 3.-0 

 4.5.5, 000 



515, 000 



595, 000 



n,558 



220 



38, 000 



84, 649 

 70, 925 



10, 000 



21, 890 



22, 500 

 51, 412 



108, 631 

 505, 464 

 27, 122 



5,762 



"877 



"3,144 



"10,078 



"2,822 



14,640 



3,011 

 "100 

 500 

 "251 

 "198 

 "661 



2. 803, 459 



' 2,235 are nests. 



* Catalogue entries. 

 ' Including cenozoic fossils. 



* Eatiiuatod. 

 ^ Professor Riley's collection numbers 150,000 



specimens. 

 ^ Exclusive of Prof. Ward's collection. 

 N. B. — No estimate of increase of collections taken in 1885, 



' In reserve series- ' , 



8 Duplicates not included. ' 



^ lucluding paints, pigments, and oils. 

 '" Foods only. 



" No entries of material received during the 

 year have been made on catalogue. 



