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In my last report it was estimated that the Collection contained about 468,000 specimens of all sorts, since which about 3,500 specimens have been received which would make a total of about 471,500 specimens in the Collection of which perhaps one quarter are preserved in alcohol.

The total number of entries in the Museum Register or Catalogue for 1888-89 was 6,323; for the present year it was 6,569.  The registration with certain gaps as exhibited n the following table, terminates with No 116,920.  The total number of registrations, to date, omitting duplicate entries and vacant numbers assigned to Prof. Verrill [?], but not yet reported as used by him, is 94,903; representing about 284,700 specimens.  The number of workers requires the simultaneous use of several volumes of