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enth, a complete list of the vessels of the United States Navy 

 from 1797 to 1874, together with the lists and numbers of 

 the line, staff, and other officers, both active and retired. 



This report is the sixth full statement of the kind, re- 

 quired by an act of Congress of 1866, and contains a new 

 and very important feature in the list of sea-going vessels, 

 with the signal letters assigned them, by reference to which 

 shipmasters can readily ascertain the name, tonnage, and 

 home port of any vessel exhibiting her signals at sea. 



INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. 



The sixth biennial meeting of the International Astro- 

 nomical Society, founded in 1863 at Heidelberg, took place 

 from the 13th to the 16th of August, at Leyden, and was 

 opened by the president, O. Struve. The representatives 

 appear to have been from Germany, Holland, Russia, Nor- 

 way, Mexico, and Java, no French, English, or American 

 names being recorded among those present. It was stated 

 that the actual number of members is two hundred and 

 thirty-five, embracing some of the most eminent names in 

 astronomical annals. All the manuscripts of Professor Han- 

 sen had been recently presented to the society. Professor 

 Struve was re-elected president for the coming year. 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PEABODT MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY 



AND ETHNOLOGY. 



The annual report of the trustees of the Peabody Museum 

 of Archaeology and Ethnology, brought up to April, 1875, 

 comes appropriately dressed in mourning, on account of the 

 death of its first director, Professor Jeffries Wyman, whose 

 loss American science was called upon to deplore some time 

 in September, 1874. After his decease the establishment was 

 placed in charge of Professor F. W. Putnam, who has made 

 up the present report in part from Professor Wyman's notes. 

 It is well known that the Peabody Museum is extremely 

 rich in objects of European prehistoric civilization. Indeed, 

 it may almost be said that no one European museum has a 

 larger and more varied collection of specimens belonging to 

 the Stone Age of different parts of that continent. Its ad- 

 ditions of most note, however, during the past year, consist 

 in a number of earthenware dishes and vases, obtained near 



