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placed a sufficient quantity of naphthaline, the best known insecticide, 

 121 pounds of which were required for the purpose. A portion of the 

 collection (including all the duplicates and part of the reserve series) 

 is still included within old and unserviceable cabinets, but requisition 

 has been made for new cabinets to take the place of the old ones. The 

 cabinets (two unit cases and four quarter unit) have been furnished, 

 but not the drawers, which are, of course, even more necessary than 

 the cases themselves. 



Alcoholic series. — The condition of this portion of the collection is all 

 that the limited facilities for storage will allow, although the specimens 

 badly need attention, especially with view to their re- arrangement, 

 which under present dearth of help is impossible to give them. 



The first entry for the year commencing July 1, 1885, was 104,914, 

 and the last in the catalogue in June, 1886, 109,060. 



