REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 21 



FOOD .\M> TEXTILE SERIES. 



In tin' custody of this department arc two volumes of a special cata- 

 logue. In these, special series <>f numbers have beeo set apart for the 

 various kinds of material placed in the department. The two volumes 

 contain about 9,900 numbers, about two-thirds of which have thus far 

 been utilized. It will be observed that a part of Vol. xn of the Eth- 

 nology series (Nos. 54751 to 55550) is devoted to the entry of a collection 

 of foods and other specimens. This appears to have been the first set 

 of numbers devoted to the cataloguing of this material. 



TRANSPORTATION AND ENGINEERING SERIES. 



To this section a special catalogue has been assigned. The first en- 

 try is dated March 10, 1885, and has reference to the locomotive "John 

 Bull," the gift of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Up to the end 

 of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1889, 125 entries had been made. In 

 this section the work of cataloguing has never been carried on system- 

 atically, owing to the pressure of other work. 



LIVING ANIMAL SERIES. 



This department has a special catalogue. The first entry is in Octo- 

 ber, 1887. On June 30, 1889,341 entries had been made. 



FORESTRY SERIES. 



The cataloguing of specimens in the forestry collection has not yet 

 been commenced. 



CATALOGUE ENTRIES DUEING THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1889. 



A catalogue entry, as explained in previous reports, may relate to a 

 single specimen or to several hundred or even several thousand speci- 

 mens, as frequently happens in regard to mollusks, plants, marine in- 

 vertebrates, fossil and other groups of objects. The total number of 

 entries made by the curators of the several departments in the Museum 

 catalogne books during the year is 23,442, as shown in the accompany- 

 ing table: 



Tabh shotting the number of catalogue entries made during the year. 



Total 



I »l li.ll I IIM'llls. No. <>l 



entries. 



Art* and Indus) > ies : 



Materia Medica. 



Foods 



Textiles 



Aniin;il products 



Coins, medals, paper money et< 



433 



:i5 



78 



22 



323 



