REPORT OF ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 

 Xiimhcr of sin'rimens rccvivctl in IS9<i-97 — Coiitiiiucd. 



11 



l»('li:irtiiiiiil. 



Sin'cinicns. 



Paleontology : 



^■l•I•tl'l>^ato fossils . . . 

 Invei-tobratp fossils . 



Valeozoic 



Mesozoic 



Ceiiozoic 



Fossil i)laiits 



Rrceiit iilants 



Minerals 



Geology 



Total 



5, 300 



40,000 

 1,341 

 3,801 



111,910 



Number of specimens in the departments of the Museum on June 30, 1897. 



Department. 



Specimens. 



Arts anil industries : 

 Materia niedica . 



Textiles. 

 Fislierics 



Animal prodacts- 



Gmpliic arts 



Forestry 



F.tlinolosy 



Pueblo collection 



Oriental antiquities and religious ceremonials 



Prehistoric anthrojxdogy 



Manuuals (.skins and alcoholics) 



Birds 



IJirds' eggs and nests 



IJeptiles and batrachians. 



Fishes 



MoUusks 



Insects 



Transi>ortatiou and engineering 



Electrical collections 



Kaval architecture 



Historical collections 



Phot<><:raphic collections 



Musical instruments 



Modern ]>ottery, porcelain, bronzes, etc 



I'aints and dyes 



Physical apparatus 



Oils and gums 



Chemical products ' 



Domestic animals 



430, 



a 17, 



3, 



rt250, 



10, 



104, 



62, 



36, 



150, 



63'J, 



643, 



528, 



6 4 



Marine invertebrates 



llelminthologi<'al collection 



Ciiuiparative anatomy : 



Ostology 



Anatomy / 



(iTIie preliistoric pottery, with the exceiitiou of llio pueblo series, has been transferred to 

 department of ])rehistoric nnthrnjiology. Tlie nuiu Iter of spocimcns transferred is estimated at 20, 

 h Number of catalogue entries t<i .1 unc 3(1, 18!)7. 



330 

 114 

 942 

 080 

 040 

 622 

 749 

 914 

 395 

 330 

 790 

 284 

 393 

 008 

 197 

 307 



219 

 0711 

 1,55 

 618 

 250 

 223 

 487 

 887 

 777 

 000 

 300 

 000 

 700 

 499 



the 

 000. 



