REPORT OF ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. 



13 



10. PROGRESS IN CLASSIFICATION AND ARRANGEMENT. 



{a) Laboratory tvorlc and catalogue entries. 



On pages 27 aud 28 of the Report of the Museum for 1884 is a detailed 

 list of the storage-cases and other furniture in use in the several lab- 

 oratories at the end of that year. There have been no material changes 

 or additions during the past six months. The laboratory cases are en- 

 tirely distinct from those used for the display of the specimens in the 

 exhibition series, and are of course not seen by the public; but it is 

 safe to say that the accommodations ijrovided in this respect are in 

 most cases ample for the requirements. Every available means is 

 being adopted toward supplying any deficiencies. "»■ 



The following table shows the number of entries* made in the cata- 

 logues of the various departments and sections during the first half of 

 1885: 



No. of 

 depart- 

 ment. 



Name of department. 



Last entry 

 in 1884. 



Last 



entry in 



Juno,' 1885. 



Total 

 nnniber of 



entries. 



ILa... 

 TLb... 



nr ... 

 IV ... 



Y a... 



V 6... 

 VI ... 



vir ... 

 vni ... 



IX ... 

 X ... 



XI . . . 



XII a.. 

 XII6... 



XIII a.. 



xin&.. 



XIV ... 

 XV ... 



XVI ... 



Arts and Industries: 



Materia Medioa 



Textile Industries 



Poods 



Historical Eelics 



Ethnology 



American Prehistoric Pottery , 



Antiquities 



Mammals 



Birds 



Birds' Nests and Eggs 



Reptiles , 



Fishes 



Comparative Osteology , 



Mollusts 



Insects 



Marine Invertebrates : 



Crustaceans 



Worms 



Tunicates and Bryozoa . 

 Radiates ■ , 



Sponges and Protozoans . 



Total 



Invertebrate Fossils (Paleozoic) 



Invertebrate Fossils (Meso-Cenozoic). 



Fossil Plants 



Recent Plants 



Minerals 



Lithology and Physical Geology 



Metallurgy and Economic Geology , 



53, 669 



6,857 



480 



75, 201 



74, 215 



107, 505 

 97, 685 

 14, 714 



101,233 

 22, 148 

 14, 066 

 36, 934 

 21, 622 



121 



7,SS0 

 8,913 



880 

 1,032 



S98 



8,698 



10,000 



1,760 



U,000 



14, 274 



13, 389 



2,018 



45,217 

 36, 986 

 59, 281 

 44, 253 

 55, 843 



53, 716 



7,440 

 547 



75, 342 



76, 328 

 114,000 



98, 110 

 15,075 

 104, 913 

 22, 350 

 14, 148 

 37,231 

 21, 972 



138 



7, '261 



10, 1S7 



900 



1,1114. 



5U5 



9,725 



11,030 



3, 000 



h,6hO 



14, 849 

 13, 482 

 2,055 

 23 

 45, 843 

 37, 471 

 59, 290 

 44, 254 

 55, 942 



47 



583 



67 



141 



2,113 



6,495 



425 



361 



3,680 



202 



82 



297 



350 



5, 457 



17 



l,nk. 

 9.0 

 82 

 2U7 

 1,027 

 1,030 

 2m 

 6U3 



4,531 



575 



93 



37 



23 



626 



485 



9 



I 



99 



Grand total . 



(&) Development of the exMbition and study series. 



The comparatively empty appearance of some of the exhibition halls 

 during the j^ast six months is accounted for by the fact that collections 

 aggregating about 140,000 pounds in weight were taken from the balls 

 *An entry in many instances includes hundreds of specimens. 



