REPORT OF THE SECRETARY, 



27 



Xame of department. 



1882. 



1883. 



1884. >1885-'86.l 1886-'87. 



1887-'88. 1888-'89. 



21889-'90. 



4,850 



822 



3,063 



9,870 



4,920 



47, 246 



33, 375 



1,000 



11, 781 



3,535 

 70 



14, 825 



3,640 



103 



20, 000 



1,002 



1.005 

 400 



500 

 250 

 197 

 659 



5,516 



877 



3,144 



10,078 



417 



,238 

 100 

 500 

 251 

 198 

 661 



5,762 



877 



3,144 



10, 078 



2, 822 



5,942 

 911 

 3, 222 

 10, 078 

 2,948 



427 



3,011 

 100 

 500 

 251 

 198 

 661 



427 



3,011 

 109 

 500 

 251 

 213 

 688 



500,000 i 503,764 ! 505,464 506,324 

 20, 022 27, 122 



25, 000 



45, 252 



6,694 

 50, 350 

 40, 072 

 23, 495 

 68, 000 



400, 000 

 151, 000 

 200, 000 



4,214 



3.000 



73, 000 



100, 000 



65, 314 



7,451 

 55, 945 

 44,163 

 25, 344 



75, 000 



Arts and industries: 



Materia medica 4, 000 j 4,442 



Foods 1,244 1,580 



Textiles 2, 000 



Fisheries 5, 000 



Animal products 1,000 



Graphic arts 



Transportation and en- 

 gineering 



Xaval architecture 600 600 



nistorical relics 1,002 ] 



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



money, etc 



Musical insti uments . . 



Modern pottery, por- 

 celain, and bronzes. .. 



Paints aud dyes 



"TheCatlin Gallery" . 



Physical apparatus 



Oils and gum.s 



Chemical products 



Domestic animals 



Ethnology 200, 000 



American aboriginal pot- 

 tery ' 12, 000 



Oriental antiijuities. .. 



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

 Mammals (skins aud alco- 

 holics) j 4,660 



Birds j 44,354 



Birds' eggs and nests , 



Reptiles and batrachians . . 



Fishes j 50,000 65,000 



Veitebrate fossils 



MoUusks 33,375 400,000 460, 000 ' 425, 000 



Tn.sects 1,000 151,000 500, 000 585, 000 



M:irine invertebrates 11,781 14,825 200,000 350, 000 450, 000 



(Comparative anatomy: 



Osteology 



Anatomy 



Palaeozoic fossils 20,000 73,000 80,482! 84,491 



Mesozoic fossils 100,000 69,742 1 70, 



' 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 for 1890. This is e.xplaiued by the apparent absence of any 

 increase in the Departments of Lithology and Metallurgy, the total for 1890 ia both of these depart 

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

 ^ 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 

 lS89-'90. 



7,811 

 54, 987 

 48, 173 

 27, 542 

 100, 000 



1 10, 210 ! 11,022 



.8, 058 

 56, 484 

 50, 055 

 27, 664 

 101, 350 



455, 000 

 595, 000 

 515, 000 



11,558 



84, 649 

 70, 925 



28, 222 

 850 

 116,472 



8, 275 

 57, 974 

 50, 173 

 28, 405 

 107, 350 



468, 000 

 603, 000 

 515, 300 



11,753 



91, 126 

 71,236 



35,915 

 1,111 

 3, 288 



10, 080 

 2, 949 

 *600 



< 1,250 



5 600 



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 

 122, 575 

 '512 

 471, 50O 

 618,000 

 520, 000 



12, 326 



92, 355 

 71, 305 



