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REPOKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1899. 



Nmiihrr of sjieclmeyis received in 1898-99, and total number in the several divisions on 

 June 30, i55S»— Continued. 



Division. 



Biology: 



Mammals 



Birds 



Birds' eggs 



Reptiles and batrachians 



Fishes 



Mollusks 



Insects 



Marine invertebrates 



Helminthological collection . . . 



Comparative anatomy 



Plants 



Forestry 



Geology: 



Physical and chemical geology 



Mineralogy 



Stratigraphic paleontology 



Total 



Received 

 in 1898-99. 



5, 031 



2, 785 



389 



85.5 



701 



14,981 



125,000 



7, 227 



c.\m 



94 



23, 000 



Total. 



638 



219 



21,536 



210, 323 



a 27,016 



/> 115,059 



01,661 



38, 977 



i5i,:?oi 



740, 017 

 994,236 

 .509, 331 

 c 4, 945 

 15, .585 

 391,241 

 749 



77,863 

 29, .527 

 376, 721 



4,355,463 



aincluding the specimens added to the Department of Agriculture series during this and the pre- 

 ceding year. 

 ;< Including material recently added to the Department of Agriculture series, 

 c Number of catalogue entries. 



The number of entries made in the catalogues of the different divi- 

 sions was 26,442. In Appendix II Avill be found a complete list of the 

 accessions for the year. 



The following- table shows the number of accessions annually since 



1881: 



