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2 [[underline]] Present state of the collection. [[/underline]] The last catalogue number in 1884 is 36934. At the end of June, 1885, the number is 37231, the number of entries during the first half of the year being 296 and representing about 1000 additional specimens. The present census of the collection is, therefore, as follows: No. of specimens. In reserve series 36 400 On exhibition 20 400 Duplicates 12 200 Total --------- 69 000