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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896. 



The following table shows the number of specimens distributed by 

 the various departments during the year covered by this report, either 

 as gifts or in exchange: 



Department. 



Historical relics, coins, and medals 



Musical instruments 



inUuology 



Prehistoric anthropology 



Mammals 



Birds 



Birds' eggs 



Fishes 



!Mollusks 



In sects 



Marine invertebrates 



Comparative anatomy 



Fossils 



Botany 



Miner.ols 



Geology 



Total 



Specimens. 



176 



1,408 



264 



380 



21 



14, 630 



599 



407 



4,702 



3 



1,559 



805 



348 



2,373 



27, 700 



BUILDINGS AND LABOR. 



In Appendix x a condensed statement is presented, showing in a 

 general way the character of the work performed during the year by 

 the mechanics and laborers, under the supervision of Mr. Henry Horan. 

 The report of the latter also contains statements showing the amount 

 of fuel, gas, and ice consumed, the cost of supplies purchased for the 

 department of buildings and labor, and the many items of work per- 

 formed in addition to those mentioned in the appendix. 



WORK OF THE MUSEUM PREPARATORS. 



TAXIDERMISTS. 



Mr. William Palmer continues to fill the position of chief taxidermist. 

 He reports that five mammals were mounted during tlie year, three of 

 them being intended for exhibition at the Cotton States and Inter- 

 national Exi)ositiou at Atlanta. Thirty-seven mammals were cleaned 

 for this exhibit, and several were placed upon new stands. The groups 

 of Kocky Mountain sheep and goats were dismounted and packed for 

 shipment to Atlanta. 



In addition to the exposition work above mentioned, ten specimens 

 were cleaned, poisoned, and placed upon new stands. 



