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c. The fact that the workers of the Department are scattered about the building renders it necessary to employ several volumes of the Register at once, for which reason it is necessary to exhibit the registrations in tabular form as below:

Registry of 1896-7
|Vol.|From to|Total|Remarks|
|---|---|---|---|
|XXIII|107602 - 107745|144|In use.|
|XXVIII|{133193 - 134750|1558|}Filled.|
| |{134801 - 134950| 150|} |
|XXIX|135812 - 139650|3839|Reserved for fossils. Filled|
|XXX|139651 - 144350|4700|" " " "|
|XXXI|144351 - 149050|4700|" " " "|
|XXXII|149051 - 150006|956|In use.|
|XXXIII|153701 - 153890|190|In use. Reserved for fossils|
|---|---|---|---|
| | |16237|Total registry|
|---|---|---|---|
| |Fossils registered|13,429| |
| |Recent shells "|2808| |
| |Alcoholic jars "|2139| |
| |Drawings "|101| |
| |Accessions "|149| |
|---|---|---|---|
|1896-7|Total registrations|18,626| |

The last part of the table is intended to give an idea of the amount of the clerical work performed in the department in the mere matter of current registrations. The total registrations. The total registrations of all sorts in 1895-6, were 12,103.