110 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1887. 



the last entry in June, 1887, was 39118, making the number of entries 

 for the year 1,225. 



NUMBER OF SPECIMENS IN THE COLLECTION. 



Exhibition 34,000 



Reserve 41,000 



Duplicate 25,000 



Total 100,000 



In February, 1887, the total number of jars containing fishes, by 

 actual count, was 24,0G9. This number has been increased by acces- 

 sions since received. There were at that time 208 tanks and 4 barrels 

 filled with fishes. There were exhibited in the fish hall 64 stuffed fishes. 

 The total number of casts at that time was 1,08G, of which 276 were 

 exhibited, 315 duplicates and stored, and 190 moulds, which had not 

 yet been utilized. 



The number of drawings at that time was 1,354. There is also a 

 large collection of photographs and color sketches, to which I have not 

 yet obtained access. There is a large number of wood cuts, 281 of 

 which are stored in the fish hall and about twice as many in the wood- 

 cut room. 



A census of the types of species was made in February, when it was 

 found that the Museum possesses 364 described in outside publications 

 prior to the foundation of the Proceedings of the National Museum, 

 and 549 which have been described in the Proceedings, 150 of these 

 being deep-sea species and 399 fresh- and shoal-water species. To this 

 number should be added a great many extra-limital species, principally 

 described by Dr. Gill, and a large number of types of West Indian 

 fishes described and contributed by Prof. Felipe Poey. 



In 1871 the National Museum had more specimens in the collection 

 of fishes than the British Museum, but they represented a smaller num- 

 ber of species. The British Museum at that time had 5,177 species, 

 represented by 29,275 specimens. 



