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registrations to date deducting all duplications and omissions in the register, is 103,013, representing about 309,000 specimens.  The number of workers and their distribution in different parts of the building renders it necessary to use simultaneously several volumes of the register. [[strikethrough]] , which [[/strikethrough]] This explains why the preceding [[strikethrough]] following [[/strikethrough]] table is necessary in order to show the total registrations for the year.  The formal registration (with the gaps alluded to) terminates June 30, 1892 with number 124,662.