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Careful estimate: -

| 1886-'87 | 1887 - '88 | Increase | Decrease

Reserve Series | 40875 | 43454 | 2579 x√ | -
Exhibition Series | 7000 | 6421 | - | 579 +√ 
Duplicate Series |[[underlined]] 7112 | 6609 | - | 503 ss√ [[/underlined]]
Total | 54987 | 56484 | 1497 | -

x√ Total number of accessions 2207, minus 207 estimated to have been placed in the duplicate series, and 376 having been mounted for the exhibition series, plus 955 specimens which have been dismounted and returned to the reserve series.

+√ Specimens dismounted and placed in the reserve series 955, minus 376 mounted from the reserve series.

ss√ Duplicates distributed 710, minus 207 of the accessions received during the year and placed among the duplicates.


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compartments in the table have been delineated with horizontal and vertical lines.