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Tahlv sltoiriiiy the otuiual iin-rcdsf in thi (leporlmcvts of the Xatioii'il Mn.sciim — Coutiniied. 



Name of departiuent. 



1887-'88. -, 1888--89. (i)1889-'00. 1890-"ni. | 1891-"92. 



Arts and industries — ContiiiUfd. 



I'ainl s aud dyes 



"The Catlin Gallery " 



Physical apparatus 



Oils and gums 



Chemical products 



Domestic animals 



Ethuoloiiy 



American aboriginal pottery 



Oriental anticiuities 



Pieliiatoric anthropology 



Maiiunals (skins and alcoholics) . 



Birds 



Birds' eggs aud nests 



Kejit lies and batrachiaus 



Fishes 



Vertebrate fossils 



Mollusks 



Insects 



100 

 500 

 251 

 198 

 661 



111'.) 



r.uo 



251 

 213 



688 



203 

 1.112 



505, 404 

 27. 122 



illS, 



<30 



108,031 

 8, 058 

 ."lO. 484 

 r>0. 055 

 27, 0(14 



101.. -ioO 



8,->0 

 110,472 

 8, 27,-) 

 .-.7. 974 

 5(1. 173 

 28. 405 

 107. 350 



Marine invertebrates 



Comparative anatomy: 



Osteology 



Anatomy 



I'aleozoic fossils 



Mesozoic fossils 



Cenozoic fossils 



Fossil plants 



Iteceut phiuts C^) 



Minerals 



I.ithology ami physical geology. .. 

 Metallui'gy and econoiuic geology. 

 Living animals 



455,000 ; 468,000 

 595,000 003.000 

 515,000 515.300 



11,558 



84. 040 



11, 



20, 209 



3, 485 



123,077 



8, 830 



60, 219 



51,241 



29, 050 



122, 575 



0) 512 



471, 500 



018. 000 



520. 000 



12,320 



273 

 1.112 



51(t. (!30 



30, 488 



3, 487 



127, 701 



9, 301 



(3)02, 001 



,52, 106 



29, 935 



127.312 



521 



470, 500 



()30, 000 



526. 750 



1. 112 



103 



512,871 



32, 305 



3, 487 



137, 087 



10,387 



OS. 410 



58, 200 



30, 939 



129, 218 



1, 582 



482, 725 



646, 500 



533, 870 



12,981 ■ {'^) 12,555 



91.120 I 92,355 

 70.925 71.230 ' 71.305 



(Included with mollu.iks.i 



10. 0011 

 3K, 000 

 21,89(i 

 22. 500 

 51,412 

 220 



Total 2. 803, 459 



10. 507 

 39, 654 

 37, 101 



32. 7(>2 



92, 970 

 79, 754 



10,685 

 80, 017 

 44. 230 



9-3, 839 

 82, 8.53 



110,085 

 134. OUl 

 48, 357 



01, 162 (■) 35. 787 



2.895,104 3,028.714 



' The actual increase iu the collections during the year 1889-'90 is much greater than ajipears from a 

 coiiiparispn of the totals for 1889 and for 1890. This is explained by the apiiarent absence of any increase 

 in the depart ment of lithology and inetallurgy ; tlie total for 1890 in both of these deiiartuieids com- 

 bined, sliowing a decrease of 40,314 specimens, owing to tlie rejection of \Miit bless material. 



■^Included in the historical collection. 



^The total number of specimens in the deitartmenr of liiiils in 1.S90-'91 was O2..so() insltad of O2.(iol. 



••Only a small )iortiiin of llie colleciiou represented by tliis iiiiniber was received liiiriiig tlie year 

 18g9-"90. 



"The decrease in this dejiartment for the year 1891-'92 was occasioned b\ tlie tniiisl'er of l,0(iO 

 skeletons to the department of vertebrate fossils. 



''Vyi to 1.-90 the niinibers have reference only to specimens received through the Museum, and do 

 not include specimens received for the National Heibariiim tlirougli tbc Di'partment of Agriciillure. 

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

 National Museum and at the Department of Agriiulture for the National Herbaiiuin. 



'(Collections combined in October, 18S9, under Department of Geology. Tlie ajiparent decrea'<e of 

 more than 50 i)er cent of the estimated total for 1889 is accounted for (1) by the rejection of several 

 thousands of specimens from the collection, and (2) by the fact that uo estimate of the specimens in 

 the reserve and duplicate series is included. 



'Transferred to the National Zoiilogical Park. 



Note. — The fact that the figures for two successive years relating to tlie same collection are un- 

 changed, does not necessarily imply tliat there has been no iucrea.so in tlie collection, but that for soma 

 spacial reason it has not been possible to obtain the figures showing the increase. 



