22 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



Table nhowing the annual incream' in the drpart mentis of the Xational Munenm — Continued. 



Name of department. 



Ethnology i 



American aboriginal pottery 



Oriental antiquities 



Prehistoric- anthropology ' 35, 512 



Mammals (skins and alcoholics) 4,600 



Birds I 44, 354 



Birds' eggs and nests ' 



Reptiles and batraehians 



Fishes ' 50, 000 



Vertebrate fossils ' 



MoUuaks ! 33,375 



Insects 



Marine invertebrates 



Comparative anatomy : 



Osteology 



Anatomy 



Paleozoic fossils 



Mesozoic fossils 



Cenozoic fossils 



Fossil plants 



Eecent plants (^) 



Minerals 



Lithology and physical geology. . . 

 Metallurgy and economic geology 

 Living animals 



40, 491 

 4,920 

 47, 246 



1,000 

 11. 781 



3,5.35 I 



70 ! 



3. 640 



103 



20, 000 



200, 000 

 12, 000 



(1)1885-86. 



300, 000 

 25, 000 



45, 252 

 5,694 

 50, 350 

 40, 072 

 23, 495 

 08, 000 



05, 314 

 7,451 

 .55, 945 

 44. 163 

 25, 344 

 75, 000 



(Included 

 . 1 4, 624 



400, 000 

 151, 000 

 200. 000 



4,214 

 3,000 

 73, 000 

 100, 000 

 with molhi.sks.) 

 : 7,291 i 



14, 550 

 12, 500 

 30, 000 



16, 610 

 18, 000 

 40, 000 



460, 000 

 500, 000 

 350. 000 



10,210 



80, 482 

 69, 742 



7.429 

 30, 000 

 18, 401 

 20, 647 

 48, 000 



503, 764 

 20, 022 



101,659 

 7,811 

 54, 987 

 48, 173 

 27, 542 



100, 000 



425, 000 

 585, 000 

 450, 000 



I 11,022 



84. 491 



70, 775 



8, 462 

 32, 000 

 18, 601 

 21, .500 

 49, 000 



Total 193,362 263,143 1,472,600 



, 420, 944 



2, 660, 335 



Xame of department. 



]887-'88. 



5,702 



877 



3,144 



10, 078 



2, 822 



5, 942 



911 



3,222 



10, 078 



2,948 



14, 640 



427 

 3,011 



600 



14,990 



427 

 3,011 



Arts and industries : 



Materia medica .• 



Foods 



Textiles 



Fisheries 



Animal products 



Graphic arts 



Transportation and engineering ' ' (''^) 1 , 250 



Naval architecture 



Historical relics 



Coins, medals, paper monej^, etc 



Musical instruments 



Modern pottery, porcelain, and bronzes . 



'No census of the collection taken. 



TTp to 1890 the numbers have reference only to specimens received through the Museum, and do 

 not include specimens received for the National Herbarium through the Department of Agriculture. 

 The figures given for 1890-'91 include, for the first time, the number of specimens received both at the 

 National Museum and at the Department of Agriculture for the National Herbarium. 



^The actual increase in the collections during the year 1889-'90 is nnich greater thiin appears from a 

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

 in the department of lit]iology and metallurgy ; the total for 1890 in both of these departments com 

 bined, showing a decrease of 46,314 specimens, owing to the rejection of worthless material. 



■•Although about 200 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 worthless material. 



^The collection now contains between 3,000 and 4.000 specimens. 



*No estimate of increase made in 1890 or 1891. 



