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about 5000 postage stamps; and a zoological collection comprising 975 

 shells, i4,ooo± insects on exhibition and 5000 in storage, 23 fishes, 528 

 birds, and 52 mammals. With the exception of the mollusca, the 

 zoological collection is composed almost exclusively of local specimens. 

 The museum occupies 1800 square feet of floor space for exhibition, 

 and 600 for offices, workrooms, etc., in a building erected in 1895 at a 

 cost of $10,000. 



