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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1*112. 



COLORIST. 



Mr. A. Zeno Shindler lias been engaged in painting- life-size easts for 

 the Department of Ethnology, including among others the figure of an 

 Una Indian, a group of five Kiowa children at play, an Eskimo woman 

 at play-, an Eskimo woman and child. Sitting Bull, and a Labrador 

 woman and child. Mr. Shindler has also continued the work of paint- 

 ing in oil representations of the various races of man, and has made a 

 copy from a photograph of a painting of Pocahontas, dated 1616. 



(^.—ACCESSIONS. 



The number of accessions received during the year is 1,357* (acces- 

 sions Nbs. 24528 to 25884, inclusive). These accessions embraced 

 228,2491 specimens, giving an average of about 168 specimens to each 

 accession. This increase over the number of accessions received last 

 year, as shown in the foot-note, is the more conspicuous, as no effort 

 has been made to invite contributions on account of lack of space for 

 exhibition or storage. A large proportion of the specimens received 

 will, for this reason, have to remain in the boxes in which they were 

 shipped to the Museum. 



A tabulated statement, showing the number of accessions to the 

 Museum annually since 1881 (the first year of occupancy of the Museum 

 building) is here presented : 



Year. 



1881 



1882 



1883 



1884.... 



1885 (January to. Tun 



1886 



1887 



1888 ' 



1889 - 



1890 -- 



1891 



1892 



\ ccession 



numbers 



(inclusive). 



9890—11000 

 11001—12500 



12501—13900 

 13901—15550 



15551—16208 

 16209—17704 

 17705—19350 

 L9351 20831 

 20832—22178 

 22179—23340 

 23341—24527 

 24528—25884 



Number of 



accessions 

 (luring 

 the year. 



1111 



1500 

 1400 

 1650 

 658 

 1490 

 1040 

 14S1 

 1347 

 1162 

 1187 

 1357 



GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEW OF THE MOKE IMPORTANT ACCESSIONS. 



AFRICA. 

 CENTRAL AFRICA. 



L'Yom the Department of State, through Hon. James G. Blaine, Sec- 

 retary, was received a collection of butterflies; a specimen of Selagi- 

 nella; the pappus of a seed, collected by Mr. J. H. Camp in Central 

 Africa, and four photographs of natives of West Africa. 



An increase of 170 over the number of accessions received last year. 

 t An increase of 94,639 over The number of specimens received last year. 



