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of [[strikethrough]] 483 [[/strikethrough]] 488,325 specimens now contained in the collection.

The number of entries in the register as shown in the appended table for 1892-93 is 4578 [[marginalia]] Nine Tables Put table in here [[/marginalia]] representing some 13,734 specimens. The total number of registrations to date, deducting all duplications and omissions in the register, is 107,591 representing about 322,800 specimens catalogued to date. The number of workers and their distribution in the building render it necessary to use simultaneously several volumes of the register, which explains why the [[strikethrough]] following [[/strikethrough]] foregoing table is necessary to show the total registrations for the year. The formal registration, with the gaps alluded to, terminates June 30, 1893 with the number 126,259.