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the fiscal year just ended were 1223, making a total of 2894 on June 30, 1889.  Of these entries 26 were loans which have been returned.  These are more than offset, however, by the entries which represent series consisting of several specimens, so that the number actually constituting the collection may safely be said to be considerably over 3000.  How many of these are on exhibition and how many in the reserve collection, it is impossible to say, as the specimens on exhibition have not yet been numbered.  The varied character of the collection can in a measure be ascertained from the List of Donors and Depositors which ^[[accompanies]] [[strikethrough]] is appended to [[/strikethrough]] this report [[strikethrough]] [[illegible]] [[/strikethrough]] [[footnote symbol]].  Unfortunately the list does not include one of the most important gifts received during the year, the collection, namely, of Mr. J. W. Osborne which has not ^[[yet]] been registered, although many of the most important specimens in [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] it have already been placed on exhibition.  This collection contains, besides a very full record of the development of Mr. Osborne's own photolithographic process, specimens by many of the earliest 

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The accession to this collection [[strikethrough]] section [[/strikethrough]], mentioned in the List of accessions (Section V. of the Report) refer to those only which were received during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1889.