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[[preprinted red letterhead]]
United States National Museum
Under Direction of
The Smithsonian Institution
Washington
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[[underlined]] IV Present State of collection [[/underlined]]

Number of specimens or register             4490
Number of specimens exhibited               3222
Number of duplicates                         300
Number of last entry in 1884               53669
Number of last entry in June 1885          53716

[[underlined]] V Recommendations and General Remarks. [[/underlined]]

Under this head I must refer to the recommendations made in my last annual report. The chemical and physiological examinations of drugs in connection with the collection of materia medica and the necessity of providing means to carry on such investigations demand  your highest consideration.

Very respectfully,
H G. Beyer,
Curator Materia Medica