REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 



38 



Department. 



Number 

 of speci- 

 mens 

 received 

 in 1903-4. 



Total 



Biology — Continued. 



( lomparative anatomy 



Plants 



Forestry 



Geology: 



Physical and chemical 



Mineralogy 



Invertebrate paleontology 

 Vertebrate paleontology . . 

 Paleobotany 



43, 800 



1,717 



1,020 



68, 000 



35 



361 



16,031 



608, 205 

 749 



80, 276 

 36, 898 



Total '. 241, 527 | 5, 898, 193 



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

 departments \v;is 51,904. 



The number of accessions received annually since 1881 is as follows: 



GENERAL WORK UPON THE COLLECTIONS. 



The primary work of the Museum statf is the care and preservation 

 of the collections. With the large accessions constantly received, this 

 is also the most important and the most onerous of all the duties 



NAT MUS 1904 3 



