REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 



69 



Locality. 



Nevada 



New Hampshire. 



New Jersey 



New Mexico 



New York 



North Carolina .. 



Ohio 



Oklahoma 



Oregon 



Pennsylvania .. 



Rhode Island 



South Carolina... 



South Dakota 



Tennessee 



Texas 



Utah 



Vermont 



Virginia 



Washington 



West Virginia ... 



Wisconsin 



Wyoming 



A frica 



Alaska.. 



Australia 



Bermuda 



British Columbia 



No. of 

 letters 

 written. 



5 

 19 



89 

 18 



456 

 3G 



119 

 2 

 18 



247 

 23 

 29 

 19 

 7G 

 79 

 6 

 19 



118 

 10 

 19 

 40 



Locality. 



Canada 



Central America 



Costa Rica 



Cuba 



England 



France 



Germany 



Greece 



Hungary 



Iceland 



Italy 



Japan 



Mexico 



New Brunswick 



Nicaragua 



Newfoundland.. 

 New Zealand ... 



Nova Scotia 



Prussia 



Russia 



Scotland 



South America. . 



Sicily 



Turkey 



West Indies 



Total 



No. of 

 letters 

 written. 



25 

 3 

 2 



3 



23 



28 



20 



1 



1 



4 



1 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 9 

 9 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 11 



4,475 



A special feature of the work of tbis department consists of the 

 preparation of reports upon material submitted for examination, based 

 upon tbe official reports of tbe curators acknowledgments of specimens 

 received as gifts, loans, and deposits are prepared in tbis office. 



During tbe year 314 lots of specimens (483-796 inclusive) for exam- 

 ination and report have been received. Tbe following statement shows 

 tbe geographical sources of this material: 



Source. 



North America: 



British America 



Central America 



Mexico 



United States : 



Alabama 



Arizona 



Arkansas 



California 



Colorado 



District of Columbia 



Florida 



Number of lot. 



589,715 



G99 



497, 498, 517, 519, 681, G9G 



518,557,643,759,787 



584,031,720,743,773 



490,004,664,780 



491, 514, 559, 588, G03, 038, 655, 706, 746, 756, 78G, 793, 796 



543, 593, 646, 65" G62, 682, 776 



485, 537, 724, 725, 739, 762, 763 



525, 565, 572, 580, 585, 593, G05, 609, 650, 651, 668, 670, 687, 719, 729, 738 

 741,785,791. 



Total. 



