CONTENTS. VII 



United States National Museum— Continued. 



Present organization of the various departments— Continued. Page. 



Department of Archteology 38 



Department of Mammals 39 



Department of Birds 39 



Sub-department of Oology 41 



Department of Eeptiles and Batracliians 41 



Department of Fishes. 41 



Department of Mollusks 43 



Department of Entomology 44 



Department of Marino Invertebrates 4o 



Department of Comparative Anatomy 46 



Department of Invertebrate Fossils 46 



Paleozoic Section 46 



Mesozoic Section 47 



Cenozoic Section 47 



Department of Fossil Plants 47 



Department of Eecent Plants 47 



Department of Minerals 43 



Department of Lithology and Physical Geology 49 



Department of Metalhirgy and Economic Geology - 50 



Bureau of Ethnology ^1 



Field-wort ^^ 



Office-work ^^ 



United States Geological Survey - 68 



Geography • "° 



Geology - ^ 



Palaeontology • '" 



Miscellaneous - '° 



United States Fish Commission • ^^ 



Expansion of operations °" 



Increase of shipping equipment °" 



Extension of " iish-culture " "^ 



Appendix to the Keport of the Secretary ^3 



Report on exchanges to June 30, 1885 - °3 



Receipts of packages for distribution "4 



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1 oreign - °^ 



Domestic °4 



Government ""^ 



Transmissions of packages - °^ 



Foreign °" 



Domestic °' 



Government -- "" 



Countries of distribution - "° 



Agencies - --- ^'^ 



Government documents .-- - - ^^^ 



Correspondence relative to foreign exchanges , ■--- 1"* 



