INDEX. 585 



Page. 



National Museum, U. S., infonnation furnished by tlic 62 



investigators accorded access to collections in 58 



list of authors of papers in bibliography of 149 



list of papers by officers and others 125 



list of papers published separately from Proceedings 



of 151 



list of papers published se[)arately from Report 



( 1896) of ". 151 



material distributed for examination by 60 



papers describing and illustrating collections in the. . 153 



publications of the 63 



students accorded access to collections in 58 



subjects of papers published by 64 



table showing annual accessions since 1881 in 54 



table showing appropriations and expenditures for 



year ending June 30, 1899 52 



table showing disbursements from unexpended bal- 

 ances of appropriations for year ending June 30, 



1898 52 



table showing number of accessions received annually 



since 1881 54 



table showing number of specimens received in 1898- 

 99, and total number in the several divisions on 



June 30, 1899 53 



table showing number of visitors during fiscal year to . 57 



table showing number of visitors since 1881 57 



tabulated statement of lots of specimens distributed 



by 55 



National Zoological Park, mammals received from 28 



Native paraffin 451 



ultramarine 309 



Natron, the nitrum of the ancients 280 



Natural coke 449 



gas 433 



Navassa phosphate, analyses of 377 



Necrology 69 



Nelson, E. W. , collection of Mexican plants purchased from 67 



engaged in study of Mexican birds 59 



material acquired from expedition to Mexico of 65 



reference to use of ornithological collections by 34 



small mammals furnished to 60 



title of paper by 143 



Netherlands, distribution of specimens in 124 



New England heddle frames 498 



Newberry, John Strong, title of paper by 143 



Newcastle, England, grindstones 466 



Newhall, W. H. , reference to arrangement of collections by 40 



Niter 391 



composition of 391 



Nitrates 391 



bibliography of 396 



origin of 395 



soda niter 392 



NAT MUS 99 41 



