REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 



51 



Department. 



No. of 



sp< c 



iltii-Ils. 



Ethnology 



Ami! ■ican prehistoric pottery 



Prehistoric anthropology 



Mammals 



Birds 



Birds' eggs 



Reptiles 



Fishes 



Mollnska 



Insects 



Marine invertebrates 



1 11 vert rli rate fossils 



Fossil and receni plants 



Ai inerals 



Lithology and physical geology 



Metallurgy 



Photographs and drawings 



Total Dumber of specimens sent out 



268 

 32 



8.53 

 12 



226 



:: 



17 



39 



:i6!) 



107 



2,072 



598 



2, 915 



2,370 



804 



58 



79 



11,382 



Duplicate sets* of marine objects have been sent out, as in the past, 

 in response to applications received from museums and educational in- 

 stitutions. 



The distribution for the year was as follows : 



Specimens. 



To domestic institutions 5, 5] 1 



To foreign institutions 5,871 



Total 11,382 



This number added to the total number of specimens sent out from 

 1854toJune30, L888, which was 564,090, gives the grand total of 575,472 

 specimens distributed by the Smithsonian Institution up to June 30, 

 1 889. 



In addition to the regular sets of duplicates five special collections 



were also sent out. 



Thirty-four applications for duplicate specimens other than marine 

 invertebrates have been received during the year and entered upon 

 the register. A majority of these have been favorably acted upon. 



Mr. George P. Merrill has collected a large amount of material, 

 which, together with duplicate specimens in the Museum, will be cut 

 up and made into sets for distribution to educational establishments. 

 Prof. F. \Y. Clarke has tor a similar purpose made large collections of 

 minerals. 



Bight hundred specimens of minerals were sent out to over twenty 

 establishments, and sixteen sets of duplicates were distributed to col- 

 leges and schools. 



••Series iv. Each set in thi ontains 108 species. Six universities, five colli ools, 



ami mil' society have each reo ived ■> el during i In- year. A list of those is given in the report of the 

 Curator of marine invertebrates. (Section n.) 



