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are preserved in alcahol[[alcohol]]. About 5000 specimens are estimated to have been recieved[[received]] during the year which would make a present total of about 476,500 specimens.

The number of entries in the registers for 1889-90 was 6,569. For the present year it amounts to 5764, equivalent to about 17292 specimens.

The total number of registrations to date, deducting all duplicates or omissions, is 100,667, representing 302,000 specimens.

The number of workers and their distribution in different parts of the building, requires the use of several volumes of the register simultaneously. [[strikethrough]] which explains [[/strikethrough]] This will explain why the following table is necessary to show the total registrations for the entire year. The formal registration (with the