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EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891. 



of historical studies and the collection aud preservation of historical 

 mauuscrii)ts. By act of Congress in January, 1889, the Regents of the 

 Smithsonian Institution were authorized to permit the Association to 

 deposit its collections in the IVruseuni. 



A large number of papers upon scientific subjects have been pub- 

 lished by officers of the Museum and other specialists. These are for 

 the most part based on collecti<)ns in tlie Museum, and aie refei-red to 

 by title in the Bibliograi^hy, constituting Section iv of this report. 

 The authors of these papers are seventy-nine in number, thirty- three of 

 whom are connected with the Smithsonian Institution or the National 

 Museum. The papers numljcr three hundred and forty-six, aud relate 

 to the following subjects : 



Subjects. 



American aboriginal pottery. . 



ArcbiBology 



Astronomy 



Biography 



Birds 



Chemistry 



Comparative anatomy 



Ethnology 



Exploration 



Eisheries and lish-cultnre 



Fishes 



Eossils 



Geography 



Geology 



Graphic ai-ts 



Historical collections 



Insects : - 



Mammals 



Marine invertebrates 



Materia medica 



Metallurgy 



Mineralogy 



MoUusks - 



Oology 



Oriental aiiticiuitics 



Osteology 



Plants 



Reptiles and liatrachians 



Transpoitation and engineerin 

 Miscellaneous 



Total - 



VISITORS. 



During the year the total number of visitors to the Museum building 

 was L*8G,42G, and to the Smithsonian Institution 111,609. 



