1720 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 
The following statement shows the number of specimens received 
during the years 1893-94 and 1894-95: 
Department. 1893-94. | 1894-95. 
Arts and industries: 
TOXtiles) 2.2252 ccc snecascecle tc ceed saa eccee Se adeseeatet cen cmncaesee te Te renters 18 a 
Aniimial products: o22e5. 3. Sh SSR LEE Sess Seek eee ne eee Ee eee oo aN erate 
Graphic arte! £$75 48253. <4 ieee es ae cet ee eee Sone 270 70 
FOLeSUnY fa5 25 et = pea win ose eae sae eed wet aos eee eae ee eee nee oe 1 23 
Transportavion/ and enomeenNegn. ns. hse e a Seaanas oo nsec ee eee eee Eee 19 6 
Naval architectare 22: a3s2 oe cee 2a nee oe ee ee ces tee eee eens 202))| 223222. 
Historical collections:: . sess 3a 3 4b ores ag Se Bee sek wat on eee 608 298 
Musical instruments .......--. oR SORE oe 3 OR AR aL EES STE SUC cm orci: 138 81 
Modern pottery, porcelain, bronzes, etc.......... Fe Uehaw nis aac ee ene oer eae 39 14 
PRYSICHIPaPpPATAUG 2220 foes o oases Fee ne hee eee eres nee Meee retadee 25) | S#ise ee 
Homesti¢ Animalsss:b 2. 265225 jone 223s) hese ees ~ asain cae ee s Shave copper 28 41 
PE NWOLOR Vise te aistys sede sok ons ab - ba cee eisnesscemen = Scab ybions apo cee ace melee 5, 088 2,642 
American: abonginel poulery -t. 5 = 252... + ssaece nea cnanacseneeeneas cages endoe eeeameeine 99 7D 
Oriential antiquities and religious ceremonials...............- 20-22 -eee eens cece neeene 200 171 
PrehistoriG anthropolopy.c: f:. cscs sege tet ce wee e eee « eteecese ees cee eee 13,242 | 50,096 
Mamnials(Skins ang glCOnOliGS) fe Se ios cca anes es ahem acer see ane Oana 2,744 1, 484 
Ty ie Se See 8 Soe SR SeG ASE cle ope sea Esraceeta rate Rss sawieriosccaée cacsecs 4,367 5, 499 
Birds ieess ANG NesIs.s ss enss a> oe ene ae Coe aan esc eae setae aaa eae t = eee 4,133 2,023 
Repiiledand) batrachinvs; = 2-2-0 2 sheer ten ancinde neem a acted eee ae aise ee aes =a eee 894} 1,093 
TON Pere Se oe oo SAE A Say SS Re SESE Seep acr Seca sdsed Sen Scer smectioscsis ne 6, 200 6,000 
Mollusks' (including Cenozoic tossils) <7. 0c. scecccee senen can ccm cadences enamels se een gamer 21,931 | 14,132 
THSCCtIS . d.<.cedeeesewucdscecedes chee Vcere adeeb tence me Cea bees Res ct tet = eeac eee be iiemae 11, 800 13, 000 
Marine invertebrates. .........-......-- Ga Samoa = Sake Jaa vee pase wae aes eae 3, 684 2,378 
elmintnolorical Comeenon . . oo <6 ake sw eens ketene wanes emake oes cce sce <6 smiece ase tae eee 106 
Comparative anatomy: 
MEIN WIA kee cee ee cee oO oe eee aaa IS DOLE She Eee eae Rea: See 
ips y, RRS Eek Sees sal: . aS ae sade eee retell. oheas ontee <p aes ae ee 
Reptiles and) DULAC DINOS <mcnn gen nae cots tana adem ane Se teem enecioe eee ee ae = 
MisnGS=.eeess sane sak dees s Seis ciemawicn hve sna san ss win'e es Uislninwinlaintonats were eee eine t= electra 
PALCOZOIC LOSSLIS at. cs nase man soe we = recone uaee coun] tedomeenn cons ee aen Meee ae Reet 592 
IMICSOZOIG HOSA. ao St. teak be SE Soe oeIgE ES anos ebewide hed ae Bite te ae ne eee eee 200 6, 642 
Posail) Plantae. soci kece emp aalas Svan n= sont senweewhnae's sa saelicema ns sete alee ia eleeene ase 1, 000 
TREC Tsp let Se agate ae ie tee wie a aie ain iale mn wih lg wile wie a ofa aire ate eee ere 85,000 | 16,897 
IMINOYHIS core icse ssa ence eee toe cokes ckne etek eae cnee sears wee Seead. Rites meee ae 5,900 | 1,053 
GROLOR Vet. Sten wes eaerta BEM coe» oe pd Utes Baas ae oe ie aa oe ee te 1, 465 3, 240 
Mita. SPSS HS ihe Fok oF eet. Hs ween then seer eee teh aap oP edhe Beebe 171, 614 | 127,389 
The State of New York this year gives $500,000 for a new wing to 
the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, a build- 
ing which had already cost nearly $1,000,000. New York City has’ 
also expended since the erection of our Washington building over 
$1,000,000 for its Museum of Art. The city of Cincinnati has builta 
museum costing three times as much as that in Washington. San 
Francisco, Milwaukee, and Pittsburg have also recently put up build- 
ings—the exact cost of which I can not at this moment give—all of a 
more expensive character than the one which it is now proposed to 
build in Washington. The building completed in 1882 for the Brit- 
ish Museum at South Kensington cost $2,500,000. In Vienna, in 
