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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1890. 



Distribution of Specimens. 



Arranged by departments in the Museum. 



Department. 



Materia meilica .1 



Textile industries 



Oriental antiquities 



Ethnology 



Pottery 



Prehistoric anthropology 



Mammals 



Birds 



Birds' eggs 



Reptiles and batrachians 



Fishes 



Mollusks 



Insects 



No. of 

 pack- 

 ages sent 

 out. 



Department. 



No. of 

 pack- 

 ages sent 

 out. 



Marine invertebrates 



Comparative anatomy 



Invertebrate fossiis 



Plants 



Minerals 



Lithology and physical geology 



Metallurgy 



Direct exchanges 



Photographs and plans of cases, etc 

 Returned to owner 



Total 



50 



2 

 C 

 5 



74 



13 



7 



7 



5 



107 



308 



The transmission of specimens to museums and colleges, at home and 

 abroad, has been actively carried on, especially in connection with the 

 department of minerals, a large quantity of duplicate material having 

 been obtained last summer by Prof. F. W. Clarke, Curator of Minerals, 

 especially for this purpose. 



Numerous exchanges of specimens have also been completed. The 

 following statement, arranged geographically, contains the names of the 

 recipients of the material sent out, the character of the specimens, and 

 the conditions under which transmitted, i. e., whether as a gift or in 

 exchange. 



Geographical statement of the distribution of specimens during the year ending June 30, 



1890. 



FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



Afiuca. Department of Public Instruction, Cape Town: Dried insects (295 speci- 

 mens) in exchange. (D.* 6359.) 



Australia. Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales : Two hoses of alcoholic 

 fishes, and skeleton of Great Auk in exchauge. (D. 59G5.) 

 School of Arts, Newcastle, New South Wales: Minerals (set 43). Gift. (D. 6290.) 



Austuia. Dr. A. Brezina, Vienna : Rocks (41 specimens) in exchauge. (D. (J067.) 



Bavaria. University of Munich, Munich : Minerals (136 specimens) in exchauge. 

 (D. 6271.) 



Belgium. Prof. Ernest van den Broeck, Brussels : Rocks (16 specimens) in exchange. 

 (D. 6284.) 



British Guiana. The Colonial Museum, Demerara : Birds' skins (37 specimens) in 

 exchange. (D. 6056.)' 



* D. refers to the distribution record kept by the registrar. 



