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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1890. 



The following table shows the total number of specimens estimated 

 in the various departments of the Museum at the end of June, 1890, 

 and in previous years since 1882 : 



Name of department. 



Arts and industries : 



Materia raedica 



Foods 



Textiles 



Fisheries 



Animal products 



Graphic arts 



Transportation and engi- 

 neering 



Naval architecture 



Historical relics 



Coins, medals, paper-money, 

 etc 



Musical instruments 



Paints and dyes 



The Catlin Gallery 



Physical apparatus 



Oils and gums 



Chemical products. 



1882. 



1883. 



4,000 

 1,244 



1884. 



4,442 

 1,580 

 2,000 

 5,000 

 1,000 



COO 



1885-'86. 

 (a) 



4,850 

 822 

 3,063 

 9,870 

 2, 792 



Domestic animals 



Ethnology 



American aboriginal pottery 



Oriental antiquities 



Prehistoric anthropology . . . 



Mammals (skins and alco- 

 holics) 



Birds 1 



Birds' eggs and nests 



Reptiles and batrachians 



Fishes 



Vertebrate fossils 



Mollusks 



Insects 



Marine invertebrates 



Comparative anatomy : 



Osteology 



Anatomy 



Paleozoic fossils 



35, 512 



4,060 

 44, 354 



50, 000 



33, 375 

 1,000 

 11,781 



3,535 



70 



40, 491 



4,920 

 47, 24G 



65, 000 



200, 000 

 12, 000 



45, 252 



5,694 

 50, 350 

 40, 072 

 23, 495 

 68, 000 



1,002 



1,005 

 400 

 2,278 

 77 

 500 

 250 

 fl97 

 ?659 



1886-87. 1887-88. 1888-'S9. 



1889-90 

 (6) 



5,51G 



877 



3,144 



10, 078 



2,822 



u 



5,762 



877 



3,144 



10, 078 



2,822 



5,912 

 911 

 3,222 

 10, 078 

 2,948 



(c) 5, 915 



1,111 



3,288 



10,080 



2,949 



(d) 600 



1,250 



(e) 600 



3, 634 14, 640 14, 990 20, 890 



417 

 ,238 

 100 

 500 

 251 

 198 

 6C1 



500, 000 



25, 000 



761 

 022 



65,314 101,659 



14,825 



3,640 



103 



20, 000 



400, 000 

 151, 000 



200, 000 



4,214 



3,000 



73, 000 



7,451 

 55, 945 

 44, 103 

 25, 344 

 75, 000 



460, 000 

 500, 000 

 350, 000 



*10,210 



80, 482 



7,811 



51,987 



48, 173 



27, 542 



100, 0C0 



425, 000 

 585, 000 

 450, 000 



11,022 

 84,491 



427 

 3,011 

 100 I 

 500 

 251 

 198 

 661 



427 

 3,011 

 109 

 500 

 251 

 213 \i 

 688 



[,05,464 

 27, 122 



108, 631 



8,058 



56, 484 



50, 055 



27, 664 



101,350 



500, 324 



28 222 



850 



116,472 



8,275 



57, 974 



50, 173 



28, 405 



107,350 



455, 000 ! 468, 000 

 595, 000 ! 003, 000 

 515,000 515,300 



11,558 

 84, C49 



11,753 

 91,126 



447 



3,132 



197 



(/) 

 263 



1,112 



66 



508, 830 



29, 269 



3,485 



123, 677 



8,836 



60, 219 



51,241 



29, 050 



122, 575 



(g) 512 



471,500 



618, 000 



520, 000 



12, 326 

 92, 355 



a No census of collection taken. 



b The actual increase in the collections during the year 1889-90 is much greater than appears from 

 a comparison of the totals for 1889 and for 1890. This is explained by the apparent absence of any 

 increase in the Department of Lithology and Metallurgy, the total for 1890 in both of these departments 

 combined showing a decrease of 46,314 specimens, owing to the rejection of worthless material. 



c Although about 200 specimens have been received during the year, the total number of speci- 

 mens in the collection is now less than that estimated for 1889, owing to the rejection of worthless 

 material. 



d The collection now contains between 3,000 and 4,000 specimens. 



e No estimate of increase made in 1890. 



/ Included in the historical collection. 



g Only a small portion of tho collection represented by this number was received during the year 

 1889-'90. 



