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IV.  Present Condition of the Collections.

EXHIBITION SERIES.

The mounted specimens sent to New Orleans not having returned, the exhibition-series remains as on Jan.1, except that 44 freshly-mounted specimens have been added.

RESERVE AND DUPLICATE SERIES.

The totals on Jan.1, 1885 were as follows:

Skins and alcoholics | 4870
Skeletons and skulls | 4087

The number of specimens added between Jan.1, 1885 and July 1, 1885, is as follows:

Skins and alcoholics | 256
Skeletons and skulls | 345

Including the exhibition series, the number of specimens now in the collection is as follows:

Skins and alcoholics | 6034
Skeletons and skulls | 

ENTRY NUMBERS.

The first entry in the register for skins on Jan.1, 1885 is 14715,;  the last on June 30, 1885, is 15075.

In the osteological catalogue the first on Jan.1, 1885 is 21623;  the last on June 30, 1885, is 21972.

The distribution of specimens during this period were as follows:

To Museum of Comp. Zoology, Cambridge, Mass. 
8 sperm-whale bones.