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(a)  Give the number of specimens received during the year. (This number should include deposits, and all other specimens [[underlined]]received,[[/underlined]] regardless of their final disposition.)

(b)  Give the total number of specimens in your custody, after making allowance for deductions through waste material, exchanges and distributions.

(c)  Give the number of the last entries inyour catalogue on June 30, 1896, and June 30, 1897.
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(c.) [[underlined]]Regular series[[underlined]]:
First entry, July 3, 1896 -- 82675. ^[1010 in pencil]
Last entry, June 30, 1897 -- 83685.

[[underlined]Dept. of Agric. Deposit[[underlined:
First entry July 1, 1896 -- 78474 ^[10067 in pencil]
Last entry June 30, 1897 -- 88541

Total number of specimens
in the collection June 30- 1896, - 15,215
                                    1008
                                   ------
                                   16,223
Increase, fiscal 1896-'97, - 1,011
                                3
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Distribute S. -             1008  

Transcription Notes:
jeni92127 3 Sept. 2017 - original document has a handwritten check mark in between "inyour" to denote a space is needed