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MISCELLANEOUS. 



Duplicate specimens of natural histoiy to the number of 14,843, 

 accurately classified and labeled, and put up in 1G3 sets, were dis- 

 tributed for teaching purposes among the schools and colleges of the 

 country. They consisted mainly of rocks, minerals, ores, fossils, and 

 I'ecent mollusks, though other zoological groups and ethnological 

 and archeological subjects were also represented. In making ex- 

 changes 7,927 duplicates were used, over three-fifths being plants. 

 The number of specimens, all belonging to natural history, sent out 

 for study by specialists located elsewhere, was 10,269, the preponder- 

 ating subjects being plants, insects, marine invertebrates, and fossils. 



The total number of visitors to the new building aggregated 

 262,135 for week days and 59,577 for Sundays, being a daily average 

 of 837 for the former and of 1,145 for the latter. At the older 

 Museum building the attendance for week days (the building not 

 being opened on Sundays) was 133,202, a daily average of 425. The 

 Smithsonian building was closed to the public during five months on 

 account of extensive alterations in progress, and the attendance was 

 thereby reduced to 40,324 persons. 



The publications issued during the year comprised 9 volumes and 

 41 separate papers. The former consisted of the annual report for 

 1914; volume 47 of the Proceedings; volume 19 of the Contributions 

 from the National Herbarium ; and 6 bulletins, 3 of which related to 

 paleontology and 3 to marine animals. The separate papers formed 

 parts of volumes 47, 48, and 49 of the Proceedings. The total num- 

 ber of copies of Museum publications distributed was about 54,000. 



The library received 2,209 volumes, 2,530 pamphlets, and 183 parts 

 of volumes, and at the close of the year contained 45,818 volumes and 

 76,295 pamphlets and unbound papers, or a total of 122,113 titles. 



Kespectfully submitted. 



ElCHARD RaTIIBUN, 



Assistant Secretary in Charge^ 

 United States National Museum. 

 Dr. Charles D. Walcott, 



Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 

 September 27, 1915. 



