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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1895. 



REGISTKATION AND DISTRIIUTION. 



The data eouccrniiig these blanches of tlie administrative work are 

 taken from the report of the registrar, Mr. S. C. Brown. 



There were received during the year 30,311 packages of all kinds, 

 inclnding material for addition to the collections, i)nblications, and snj)- 

 plies. These figures, as compared with those for the preceding year, 

 show a decrease of about 19,000. This decrease is readily accounted 

 for, however, when it is remembered that during the fiscal year 1893-04 

 the material returned from the World's Columbian Exposition was 

 received and entered. There were 2,791 packages sent out, of which 

 094 contained s])ecimens transmitted to educational establishments as 

 gifts, or sent to individuals or institutions in exchange, or for study. 

 A few specimens returned to owners are also included in this number. 

 The entries made on the incoming transportation record numbered 

 2,004, and on the outgoing transportation record, 719. 



The number of accessions or lots of material received was 1,22^, an 

 increase of 02 over the record for the preceding year. There were 407 

 "temporary" accessions, consisting of material received for identifica- 

 tion. An increase of over 12,000 is noted in the number of specimens 

 distributed, the total for the year having been 39,230. 



The storage record shows that 354 packages were placed in storage, 

 while 113 packages were withdrawn by the curators to whose depart- 

 ments the material belonged. The storage rooms having become very 

 mucli crowded, it was found necessary to make arrangements for addi- 

 tional space, and in June, 1895, new quarters were secured, containing 

 more than double the floor space and three times the cubic capacity of 

 the quarters previously occupied. 



Of the collections transmitted to educational establishments during 

 the year, a large proportion consisted of marine invertebrates, altUough 

 many specimens of rocks and ores, and casts of prehistoric implements 

 have been sent out, as well as a limited number of minerals and fishes. 

 Lists of the si)ecimens contained in the collections which have been 

 prepared for distribution since 1890 are printed in Ajipendix ix. 



A detailed statement, arranged geographically, showing to what indi- 

 viduals and institutions specimens have been sent during the year, 

 either in exchange, as gifts, or for study, is given in Appendix x. The 

 number of lots of specimens sent out is here recorded: 



United States: 



Alabama 2 



Arkansas 1 



California 11 



Colorado 2 



Connecticut 4 



District of Columbia 14 



Georgia 3 



Illinois 9 



Indiana 3 



United States : 



Iowa 17 



Kansas 3 



Kentucky 4 



Maryland 5 



Massachusetts 18 



Michigan 3 



Minnesota 1 



IMississippi 1 



Missouri 3 



