KEPOKT OF ACTING ASSISTANT SECKETARY. 

 C(il(ilo(jiic ( iitrUs — ( 'ontiiiiu'tl. 



De|i:irliiiont. 



13 



Aris anil iiuliislrii-s— Continued. 



Naval anliitocture 



Historical collections 



Musical instruments 



Modern pottery, i>orcclain, bronzes, etc. 



Physical apparatus 



Domestic animals 



Ktlinolo" 



!>?:.>■ 



I'uelilo collection 



Oriental anticjuities and relifrious ceremonials 



Prehistori<- autliropulogy 



Mammals (skins and alcoholics) 



liirds 



Birds' ejigs and nests 



Reptiles and batnicliians 



Fishes 



Mollusks 



Insects 



Marine in vertebrate j 



Ilehiiintbological colle<'tion . 

 Comparative anatomy : 



Mammals 



Birds 



Reptiles and liatrachians. 

 Fishes 



I'aleontolo.^y : 



Vertebrate fossils ... 

 Invertebrate fossils 



Paleozoic 



iIe.sozoic 



Cenozoic , 



Fossil i>lant8 



Recent plants 



Minerals 



Geology 



Total 



5 



441 



39 



120 



1 



2 



895 



1.82G 



."iO 



22, 210 



11,079 



4,947 



300 



1,158 



781 



2,808 



239 



825 



2, 949 



374 

 532 

 394 



67. 097 



APPKOPRIATIONS FOR 1897-98. 



The ai;))ro|»riiitioiis for the iiscal year eiulin.u Jane .'>(), 1S'.»8, areas 

 ('olh)\vs : 



rreservatiou of collections $160,000 



I 11 III it It re and lixtiucs 30,000 



Heating and ligiitinj,' 14,000 



Biiildiii",' repairs 4,000 



Kent of \vorksIio2)8 2,000 



Postage stamps 500 



(lalleries 8,000 



Ivemoval of sheds 2, .^00 



Printing and biiidiug 12, 000 



Total 233,000 



