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1.  HOW HAS THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1896, COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS YEAR, AS FAR AS (1) THE NUMBER OF ACCESSIONS AND (2) THEIR SCIENTIFIC VALUE ARE COMCERNED?


(1.) The year 1896 does not compare favorably with 1895, and the conditions were not really as good as in 1894.  There were in all 50 contributors, of which 46 were private persons, and 4 governmental bureaus, etc., (including the La Plata Museum, U.S. Fish Commission, & our own efforts in the field).  Thirty-three contributors gave but one specimen each, and the rest more.

The total received and entered was 1048, but this includes 365 bats of one or two species & a few other lots of single species.  One hundred & seventy-one specimens were purchased during the year.

(2.) While, of course, the accumulations of the year include some very valuable specimens, I should say that the general average was distinctly below that of the last three or four years.