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U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM.
Office of Assistant Secretary.

DIVISION OF CORRESPONDENCE AND REPORTS.

MEMORANDUM
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July 3, 1897.
[[preprinted]] To [[/preprinted]] Professor Mason:

Replying to your memorandum of this date I beg to say that the accessions in your department for the year ended June 30, 1896, were entered under 114 accession numbers. At that time the total number of specimens in your Department, according to our records, (not including the Pueblo collection) was 428,470.
[[preprinted]] Yours respectfully, [[/preprinted]]
R. I. Geare
[[preprinted]] Chief of Division [[/preprinted]]
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[[left margin note]] The number of specimens on June 30, 1895, was 425,642.

Transcription Notes:
Randolph Iltyd Geare was in charge of this division at this time, per https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_216772. End of signature is decorative.