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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1893. 



CATALOGUE ENTRIES. 



The entries made in tbe catalogue of the departiiieiits dmiiio- the 

 year have numbered 19,708. This is less than one-half of the number 

 for 181>L», l)nt the decrease in this direction is readily accounted for by 

 the fact that most of the curators were busily occupied during the 

 entire year with the preparation of exhibits for the World's Columbian 

 Exposition, and that all collections received have not yet been cata- 

 logued. 



The following table shows the number of entries made in each depart- 

 ment of the Museum : 



Departments. 



Arts and iuduatiifs: 



Materiii uiedica 



Doiiiesfic animals (for mouuting) 



Musical instruments 



Transportation and engineering . . 



Modern jwttery, porcelain, bronzes 



Graphic arts 



Forestry 



Ethnology 



American aboriginal pottery 



Prehistoric anthropology 



Mammals (skins and alcoholics) 



Birds 



Birds' eggs and nests 



Reptiles and batrachiaiis 



Fishes 



Vertebrate fossils 



Mollusks'(inrluding Cenozoic fossils) . 



Insects - • •■ 



Marine invertebrates 



Co7ni)arative anatomy ; 



Mammals 



Birds 



Reptiles and batracliians 



Fishes 



Paleozoic fossils 



Mesozoic fossils 



Fossil plants 



Recent i)lant8 



l*Iinerals -. 



Geology 



Number of 

 entries. 



26 



31 



251 



31 



304 



254 



■■» 



3, 101 

 249 

 46". 



l,34t 

 41)1 

 765 



2,301 



418 



13 



4.578 

 219 

 962 



1.-.9 

 V'.lO 

 29 

 51.7 

 348 

 1,349 



19, 768 



roOPERATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS 

 OF THE GOVERNMENT. 



The growth of the Museum has always depended to a considerable 

 degree'ii])on the friendly cooperation of the various Executive Depart- 

 ments, and the encouragement which they have given to their officers 

 to assist in the increase of the collections and to some extent in their 

 administration. 



