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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1893. 



There still remaius iu the basement of the Smithsouiaii building and 

 in the old Armory building much material, consisting largely of gifts 

 from foreign governments and contributions from expositions, which has 

 not yet been brought under control, owing to lack of space and other 

 necessary facilities. 



The number of accessions receiv^ed in 181)2-'J)3 was 1,260 (Ace. Xos. 

 25885 to 27150, inclusive), embracing, in all, 82,148 specimens, distrib- 

 uted among the several departments as follows : 



Departments. 



Arts and industries : 



Materia uiedica 



Domestic animals (for mounting) 



Historical collections, coins, medals, paper money, etc. 



Musical instruments 



Transportation and engineering 



Modern i)ottery, ])orcelain, bronzes, etc 



Physical apparatus 



Graphic arts 



Forestry 



Ethnology 



American aboriginal pottery 



Oriental antiijuities and religious ceremonial 



Prehist4>ri(', anthroimlogy 



Mammals (skins and alcoholics) 



Birds 



Number of 

 specimens. 



Birds' eggs and nests 



Reptiles and batrachians 



Fishes 



Vertebrate fossils 



Mollusks (including Cenozoic, fossils) 



Insects 



Marine invertebrates 



Comparative anatomy : 



Mammals 



Birds 



Iteptiles and batrachians 



Fishes 



Invertebrate fossils : 



Paleozoic 



Mesozoic 



Fossil plants 



Recent plants 



Minerals 



Geology 



27 



31 



1,000 



263 



37 



312 



18 



260 



725 



5,094 



889 



458 



H, 095 



728 



2,255 



2, 869 



2,301 



1,010 



13 



5,600 



7, uOO 



2, 690 



1,200 

 6,440 

 2,000 

 33,110. 

 793 

 1. 300 



Total 



82, 148 



