REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 



37 



Subject. 



Mammals 



Marine invertebrates 



Materia medica 



Mineralogy 



Mollusks 



Oology 



Oriental antiquities 



Parasites 



Eeligious ceremonial 



lieptiles and batrachians 



Taxidermy 



Transportation and engineerin 

 Miscellaneous 



Total '. 



By By other 

 Museum investi- 

 officers. gators. 



Total. 



9 



13 

 1 

 5 



23 

 2 

 1 



16 

 1 



11 

 1 

 1 

 5 



278 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The bill relating to the printing, binding, and distribntion of pnblic 

 documents ap])roved January 12, 1895, authorizes the printing of 

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 which shall be for the use of the Senate, 2,000 for the House of Repre- 

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 and contributors to the collections in the Museum, and the numerous 

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Requisitions for printing Volume xvii of Proceedings and Bulletin 

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The Museum Report for 1892, constituting Part ii of the Report of 

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 before the close of the last year. The volume for 1893 is now going 

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 expected. The separate papers (Nos. 97(3-1032) in Volume xvii of 

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