24 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896. 



Department. 



Entries. 



Comparative anatoiuy : 



Mammals 



Birds 



Reptiles and batrachians. 



Fislics 



Paleontology: 



Vertebrate fossils 



Iiiverlebrato fossils— 



I'aleozoic 



Mesozoic 



Ceuozoic 



Fossil plants 



Recent i)lants 



Mini-rals 



Geology 



Total 



78 



73 



;t24 



328 



1,222 



1,074 



236 



148 



33, 243 



APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1896-97. 



For the fiscal year euding- June 30, 1897, the amount appropriated for 

 the maintenance of the Museum is $207,725, an increase of $21,600 

 over the appropriation for the year covered by this report. The items 

 are given below : 



]»rt'servation of collections $153,225 



Funiiture ami fixtures. 15, 000 



I'liiitinj; ^labels, Proceediuj^s, Bulletins, and binding) 12, 000 



Heating and lighting 13, 000 



Repair of buildings, shops, and sheds 4, 000 



Ere<tion of galleries 8, 000 



Rent of workshops 2,000 



Postage 500 



Total 207,725 



EXCHANGES OF SPECIMENS WITH INSTITUTIONS AND INDIVIDUALS 



ABROAD. 



Numerous exchanges with foreign museums and individuals have 

 been efiected during the year. The sendings from the U. S. National 

 Museum have been unusually large, including several carefully selected 

 duplicate sets of fishes. These have been presented to some of the 

 most prominent mnseums in different parts of the world. A condensed 

 statement of these exchanges is here presented: 



Mammals. — A mounted specimen of Bid el phi/ s Ttrginiana und a rough 

 skeleton of the same species have been sent to the AustKalian Museum, 

 Sydney, New South Wales, Mr. E. Etheridge, Jr., curator, in continu- 

 ation of exchanges. 



A collection of mammals, including skins and skulls of Neiirotrichus, 

 has been sent to the Museum of Natural History, Genoa, Italy, Mar- 



