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actually completed by the taxidermists and placed on exhibition during the year was 22, including 3 heads.

2. [[underlined]] Duplicate and study series. [[/underlined]] The improved facilities in the laboratory have made possible an actual count of all the specimens in the collection.  Such an enumeration was undertaken at the close of the year with the following results:

[[strikethrough]] Exhibition series of skins [[/strikethrough]]
[[underlined]] Condition of the collection, June 30. 1886. [[/underlined]]
Exhibition series of skins | 735
Duplicate and study series of skins | 3862
Alcoholic specimens | [[underlined]] 2854 [[/underlined]]
Total | 7451

These figures may be relied upon as indicating the actual number of specimens in the collection and supersede those given in previous reports which were partly based upon estimates.

[[strikethrough]] worthless [[/strikethrough]]
[[strikethrough]] The number of specimens destroyed [[/strikethrough]]

The statistics of skins and alcoholic specimens added,