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All accessions received by the Department of Geology have been 

 fully catalogued. The largest number of additions in >^ny division was 

 that to the paleontological collections, which show an increase of 3,745 

 specimens. The total number of entries made during the year was 

 5,246, bringing the total entries to 139,919. A total of 7,878 cards 

 have been written. The labeling of the meteorite collection has been 

 completed, 578 labels having been made and installed during the year 

 for this purpose. Other series labeled are those of Chilean copper ores 

 and Brazilian gold and iron ores. A total of 361 labels have been 

 written during the year and 775 labels are ready to be printed. To 

 the l3epartmental series of photographs, 163 prints were added, making 

 a total of 2,911. All of these prints have been labeled, numbered and 

 placed in albums in the order of their receipt. 



The regular cataloguing of the collection of mammals in the Depart- 

 ment of Zoology has proceeded as usual. The relatively small number 

 of accessions has made it possible to devote considerable time to the 

 revision and completion of early records and to the segregation of 

 material unaccompanied by authentic data. A total of 432 original 

 catalogue entries were made during the year. In the classified card 

 catalogue, 1,500 cards were written in Mammalogy, which included a 

 considerable proportion substituted for temporary cards made some 

 years ago before the collections had been fully classified. Separate 

 indexes are now maintained of (i) the general study or reference collec- 

 tion of mammals; (2) the collection of mammals on exhibition; (3) the 

 mammal skeletons in addition to those of Osteology; (4) the dressed 

 skins of large mammals kept in special storerooms. With the exception 

 of those of the dressed skins, these catalogues are now practically all 

 revised and completed to date. The serial or synoptic collection 

 of mammals on exhibition has been reclassified and new labels have 

 been written throughout. Careful consideration of the matter of 

 tagging and labeling the specimens in the Division of Ichthyology 

 and Herpetology in the most efficient manner, resulted in the ptu:- 

 chase of a numbering machine for stamping of tin tags, and in 

 printing a uniform series of labels, to be placed against the inner side 

 of the jars. The catalogue in this Division has been rearranged and 

 is being rewritten as the study of the collections proceeds. Over 1,000 

 labels for the reinstallation of the shell cases were prepared. The 

 entries made in the Department of Zoology numbered 1,024, bring- 

 ing the total to 99,699. The cards written number 1,654, making 

 a total of 34,122. 



The following table shows the work performed on catalogues and 

 the inventorying accomplished: 



