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REPORT OF NATIONA]. MUSEUM, 18'J5. 



CATALOGUE ENTRIES. 



The followiiiy statement sliows the number of eutrias made in the cata- 

 logues of the various departments dnriug- the year ending- June 30, 1895: 



Department. 



Entries. 



Materia medica 



Piirestry 



Foods 



Textiles - 



Mnsical instruments 



Transportation and engineering 



Modern i>ottery, porcelain, bronzes, etc 



Grapliie arts 



Domestic animals 



Ethnology 



American aboriginal pottery 



Oriental antiiiuitiea aud religious ceremonials 



Prehistoric anthropology 



Mammals 



Birds 



Birds' eggs and nests 



Keptilesand batrachiaus 



Fishes 



Mollusks 



Insects 



Marine invertebrates 



Holminthological collection 



Comparative anatomy: 



Manimals 



Birds 



KeptilcH and batraihians 



Fishes 



Paleontology : 



Vertebrate fossils 



Invertebrate fossils- 

 Paleozoic 



Mesozoic 



Cenozoic 



Fossil plants 



Recent plants 



Minerals 



Geology 



Total 



5 



2 

 1 



2 



7i 



5 



12 



61 



36 



1,270 



17 



174 



2,775 



8,274 



5,499 



567 



1,093 



2, 053 



3,546 



161 



1,803 



106 



933 

 7 

 110 

 460 

 670 

 293 

 388 



30, 853 



APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1895-96. 



The amount appropriated for the maintenance of the Museum for the 

 fiscal year ending June 30, 1890, is $186,125. This is an increase of 

 $3,025 over the a|)propriation for the year covered by this report. The 

 items arc as follows: 



Preservation of collections $143, 225 



Furniture aud fixtures 12, 500 



Printing and binding 12, 000 



Heating aud lighting 1,3,000 



Postage 500 



Rent of w(nkslio])s 900 



Repairs 4, 000 



Total 186, 125 



