REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 



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United States: 



Moutauii 1 



Nebraska 5 



New Jersey 1 



New York 21 



North Dakota 3 



Ohio 9 



Oregon 1 



Pennsylvania 26 



1 



2 



1 



2 

 2 



1 



6 



Rhode Island.. . 

 South Carolina. 

 Soiith Dakota . . 



Tennessee 



Virginia 



Washington 



Wisconsin 



Foreign countries: 



Australia 4 



Austria 5 



Canada 4 



Denmark .j 



England 13 



France ;> 



Germany 7 



Holland 1 



India 7 



Japan [ 



Mexico 1 



Russia 1 



Syria 1 



Total 2.33 



The following' table sLona's the imiiiber of specimeii.s distribut 

 the various (lei)aitmeiit.s during the year covered by this report, 

 as gitts or in exchange: 



Ethuology 75 



Trehistoric anthropology (origi- 

 nal objects) 1, 269 



Prehistoric anthropolt)gj- (casts). 1,178 



Mammals 423 



Birds 1,437 



Reptiles and batrachians 75 



Fishes 853 



Fossils 2, 214 



Mollusks 1, 174 



Insects 



Marine invertebrates 



Recent plants 



Minerals 



Rocks and ores 



Helminthological specimens 



Comparative anatomy 



Musical instruments 



ed by 

 eitlier 



4, 846 



20, 405 



1, 382 



1, 016 



2,567 



242 



65 



15 



Total 39, 236 



The thanks of the National Museum are due to Messrs. (leorge 

 Christall c^' Co., ageuts of the Trinidad Lineof Steamers, for courtesies 

 extended in offering' to transport collecting- outfits and specimens to 

 and from Trinidad free of charge. 



BUILDINGS AND LABOR: POLICE AND PUBLIC COMFORT. 



The superintendent of buildings, Mr. Henry Horan, mentions in his 

 annual report the more important features of the work accomplished 

 during the year by the force under his charge. An abstract of tliis 

 portion of his report is given in Appendix xi. Mr. Horan has also 

 submitted a statement showing the number of cases, fixtures, etc., 

 made, altered, or repaired, the amount of fuel, gas, and ice consumed, 

 a list of articles lost and found in the Museum halls, lists of the tools 

 in use in the various shops, and a table showing the number of feet of 

 telephone and other electric wire installed. 



WORK OF THE MUSEUM PREPARATORS. 



TA.VIDEKMISTS. 



Mr. William Palmer, chief taxidermist, reports that the following 

 mammals were mounted during* the year, but owing to pressure of other 

 work were not en-tirely finished : A Texas hare, a marsh hare, an Angora 



