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Horse" has beeu made in the Museum workshops, and two old-fashioned 

 velocipedes with wooden wheels have been acquired. A number of 

 drawings of parts of bicycles have also been secured. 



The study series has been increased by a number of photographs 

 and prints. 



The preparation of a card catalogue of the collection has been com- 

 menced. The collection now contains approximately 1,250 specimens. 

 Seven hundred and fifty entries have been made during the year in the 

 catalogue. 



Section of Materia Medica. — The collection of materia medica speci- 

 mens is still under the charge of Dr. James M. Flint, U. S. Navy, by 

 whom the collection was first organized in 1881. He reports that much 

 time has been devoted to the identification and arrangement of speci- 

 mens already on hand, and to the classification and installation' of new 

 material. The most important contribution to the collection are a col- 

 lection of East India drugs, from the Royal Botanical Gardens, at Kew, 

 England, and the collection of medicinal substances contributed by 

 Messrs. W. H. Schieffelin& Co , of Kew York. The preparation of de- 

 scriptive labels has been pushed rapidly forward, and the labeling of the 

 collection is now almost completed, as well as the completion of a card 

 catalogue of the collection, by means of which the present position of 

 every specimen may be readily ascertained. The present state of the 

 collection is highly satisfactory. There are now 3,213 specimens of drugs 

 on exhibition. The reserve series contains 1,203 specimens. The total 

 number of specimens in the collection, including the illustrations, is 

 5,915. The number of catalogue entries during the year is 179. 



Section of Graphic Arts. — The arrangement of the collection in this 

 Department has been for the time completed. The manuscript for the 

 labels, which has been prepared for some time, is stiil in the printer's 

 hands. A circular has beeu printed explaining the arrangement of the 

 collection. 



The most important accession during the year is the collection of 

 materials, prints, and tools illustrative of the process of chromoxy- 

 lography in Japan, given to the Museum by Mr. T. Tokuuo, chief of 

 the Japanese Government Printing Office at Tokio. 



A series of drawings made by pupils of the Art Academy of Cincin- 

 nati, and presented by the Cincinnati Museum Association has been 

 placed on exhibition. 



During the year accessions were received from forty-seveu sources, 

 and nine additions were made by purchase to the sectional library. 

 The number of entries made in the catalogue during the year was 577. 



DIVISION OF ZOOLOGY. 



Department of Mammals. — The accessions to this Department during 

 the year are regarded by Mr. F. W. True, curator, as being of more 

 t>han ordinary interest. The collections received from Dr. W. L. Ab- 



