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[[preprinted red letterhead]] United States National Museum Under Direction of The Smithsonian Institution Washington [[/preprinted red letterhead]] [[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