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the distribution of its duplicates. Though a number of 

 collections are now being packed for transmission to vari- 

 ous persons and societies the following, only, have been 

 sent during the past year. 



To the Cabinet of Yale College : 



40 species, 102 specimens, of Corals. 

 25 " 41 " " Echinoderms. 



7 " 20 " Sponges. 



4 " 5 " " Tunicates. 



To A. L. Babcock, of Sherborn, Mass.: 

 168 specimens of South American and 

 2 " " African Insects. 



To the Chicago Academy of Science : 



25 species, 110 specimens, of foreign Helices. 



To the Museum of Comparative Zoology: 



1 specimen of Goniaster cuspidatus Gray, from the 

 West Coast of Africa. 



To J. G. Shute of Woburn, Mass.: 



28 species, 59 specimens of foreign Shells. 



To Rev. E. C. Bolles, of Portland, Me.: 



73 species, of several specimens each, of foreign and 

 American land and fresh water Shells. 



The following estimate of the number of specimens 

 (exclusive of a large number of duplicates) in the various 

 departments of the Museum presents a general view of the 

 character of the collection at the present time. 

 HISTORICAL DEPARTMENT. 



The section of Ethnology contains about 1400 specimens, illustrating 

 the habits, costumes, Avar and domestic implements of the various races 

 and nations. 



In the section of Manuscripts there are a very large number of 

 Manuscripts relating to our early civil and ecclesiastical history. 



In the section of Fine Arts there are several hundred Portraits, 

 Paintings and Engravings, many of which are of great historical 



DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



Specimens. 



Geological specimens, about .... 200 



Minerals, 1896 specimens, of which 196 are from 

 Essex County. . . . . . 1896 



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