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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1900. 



Number of .specimens received in 1899-1900, and total number in the screral divisionft on 



June 30, 1900— Continued. 



Division. 



Biology — C^oiitiiuK'd. 



Fishes 



Mollusks , 



Inserts 



^^arinc invertebrates 



Helmintliologieal collections. . 



Comparative anatomy 



Plants 



Forestry 



Geology: 



Physical and cliemioal geology. 



Mineralogy 



Invertebrate paleontology , 



Vertebrate paleontology 



Paleobotany 



Total 



Received 

 in 1899-1900. 



1,200 

 8,854 

 85,000 

 3,917 

 8 

 48 

 45, 221 



2, 830 

 5, 623 

 7,477 

 243 

 1,400 



152,501 



748,871 



U, 333, 370 



2507,366 



4,953 



15,633 



436,462 



749 



80, 693 

 35, 150 



385, 841 



206, 617 4, 819, 836 



1 Including Department of Agriculture material. 



2The apparent decrease since June 30, 1899, is explained )iy the assignment of a very large number 

 of specimens to purposes of distribution. 



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

 sions was 22,622. In Appendix II will be found a complete list of the 

 accessions for the year. 



The number of accessions received annually since 1880 has been as 

 follows: 



Year. 



1881 



1882 



1883 



1884 



1885 (January to June) 



1886 



1887 



1888 



1889 



1890 



1891 



1892 



1893 



1894 



1895 



1896 



1897 



1898 



1899 



1900 



Accession 



numbers 



(inclusive). 



9890-11000 

 11001-12500 

 12.501-13900 

 13901-15550 

 15551-16208 

 16209-17704 

 17705-19350 

 19351-20831 

 20832-22178 

 22179-23340 

 23341-24527 

 24528-25884 

 25885-27150 

 27151-28311 

 28312-29534 

 29535-30833 

 30834-32300 

 32301-33741 

 33742-35238 

 35239-36705 



Number of 

 accessions 



during 

 the year. 



1,111 



1,500 

 1,400 

 1,650 

 658 

 1,496 

 1,646 

 1,481 

 1,347 

 1,162 

 1,187 

 1,357 

 1,266 

 1,161 

 1,223 

 1,299 

 1,467 

 1, 441 

 1,497 

 1,467 



