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G. — Review of the administrative w ork 35 



Kegi.stratiou aud storage 35 



Geographical statenieut of the distribution of specimens during the 



year 35 



Library 42 



Specimens sent to the Museum ior examination aud report during the 



year 43 



Foreign exclianges 55 



Publications 59 



Visitors 64 



Lectures and meetings of societies 65 



Students 66 



Special researches by curators aud others (including list of papers 



published in the reports of the Museum, 1884-1890, inclusive) 67 



Finance, property, sui)plies, aud accounts 68 



Correspoudence aud reports 73 



Preparation of labels 75 



Buildings and labor : Police and public comfort 75 



The work of the Museum preparators 76 



Taxidermists 76 



Osteological j»reparator 77 



Photographer 77 



Draftsmen 78 



Colorist 78 



H. — Accessions 79 



Statement of the most important contributions of the year 7y 



Geographical review of the more important accessions during the 



year 82 



Number of accessions anuually since 1881 105 



I. — Cooperation of the Departments and Bureaus of the Government during 



the year 1891 105 



Department of State 106 



Treasury Department 107 



War Department and the Army 107 



Navy Department and the Navy 109 



Department of the Interior 110 



Department of Agriculture 114 



United States Fish Commission 116 



Bureau of Ethnology 117 



J. — Review of the results of the cooperation of the Government Departments 



and Bureaus during the decade ending June 30, 1891 117 



K. — Explorations 127 



Collectors' outtits 130 



Section II. — Reports of the Curators. 



Ethnology 135 



American aboriginal pottery 145 



Oriental antiiiuities 147 



Historical collections 149 



Graphic arts 159 



Transportation and engineering 163 



Forestry 171 



Materia Medica 179 



Physical apparatus 181 



