APPENDIX F. 



Statistics relating to the New York State Museumof Natural His- 

 tory, as compiled from the report made to the Tenth Census of the 

 United States. 



January 4, 1882. 



Collections. 



Entries. No. specimens. 



Archaeology and ethnology 1 , 940 1 , 940 



Geology and palaeontology 9,233 21,789 + 



Mineralogy (300 species) 2,000 3,500+ 



Translucent sections of rocks and fossils 1,000 3,000 



Arranged collections in geology and palaeon- 

 tology not on exhibition, estimated 8,000 *30,000 



Duplicate collections in geology and palaeon- 

 tology 270,000 



Botany 8,821 31,000 



yertebrates 1,000 4,362 



Insects 376 2,642 



Mollusca , 7,000 85,000 



Other invertebrates 200 710 



Grand total 39,570 453,643+ 



Estimated Value of the Collections. 



Botany — cryptogamous 



phaenogamous $20 , 100 



Zoology — mammals $1,073 



birds ! 5,675 



fishes and reptiles, alcoholic 550 



fishes and reptiles, stuffed 250 



insects, Fitch collection! . 100 



insects, J. A. L. pinned specimens 186 



insects, J. A. L. larvae, etc 85 



insects, old museum collections 50 



mollusks 9 , 700 



other invertebrates 210 



17,879 



*To be added in the future arrangement of the collections. 



+ Arranged by Dr. Fitch in 1850, containing fifty-four species iand five sub-species of 

 types, in two hundred and twenty-five examples. 



