REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 



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The approximate number of specimens received by the Museum 

 during the year, and the total number in the possession of the Museum 

 at the close of the year, are recorded in the following table: 



Department. 



Anthropology: 



Ethnology 



Historic archeology — 



Historic religions 



Prehistoric archeology. 



Technology 



Graphic arts 



Medicinea 



History 



Physical anthropology. 



Ceramics 



Photography 



Music 



Biology: 



Mammals 



ids 



Number 



of speei- 



m 'iis 

 received 



in 1001-.'). 



5,542 



65 



170 



3,074 



371 



415 



613 



768 



196 



211', 



8 



6 24 



2,008 

 4,652 

 793 

 >> 1,763 

 5,295 

 Hi, 104 

 37,684 



Mali in' invertebrates 4.537 



Helminthology & 857 



Comparative anatomy b 65 



Plants 143, 690 



Forestry 



Geology: 



Ph ysica 1 and chemical 



Mineralogy 



Invertebrate paleontology 



Vertebrate paleontology 



Paleobotany 



Total. 



Bi 



Birds' eggs 



Reptiles and batrachians. 



Fishes 



Mollusks 



Insects 



485, 99S 

 2,403 

 2,939 



390,529 

 32, 390 

 9,311 

 5,016 

 44, 70S 

 5,340 

 4,828 

 1,836 

 1,666 



c 86, 653 



140,878 



65,923 



c 48, 496 



<• 166, 796 



c 978, 849 



1,620,321 



525,728 



c6,751 



16,096 



c 751, 895 



749 



c 80, 657 

 37,270 



Total . 



6,141,990 



" 1.887 specimens rejected as worthless from total of last year. 

 b Catalogue entries. 

 c Estimated. 



The number of entries made in the catalogue books of the various 

 departments was 33,123. 



