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Seven undefornied skulls in excellent state of preservation and a 

 lot of miscellaneous bones, from rarely visited parts of the territory 

 of the Tlingit and Haida Indians of the northwest coast, were re- 

 ceived as a gift from Dr. Edwin Kirk. A skeleton of an Indian, 

 possibly prehistoric, found on Snead's Island, Manatee County, Flor- 

 ida, was presented by Mr. Charles T. Earle, of that place. It is 

 well preserved and is a typical specimen of the broad-headed type 

 of Florida Indian. 



Progress in caring for the collections and in new installation was 

 retarded during the earlier pait of the fiscal year by the lack of 

 help, in consequence of which a part of the recently acquired ma- 

 terial could not be marked. The lack of requisite space for storage 

 and installation is also keenly felt. However, the older collections 

 in the division are in excellent condition for study, and progress 

 has been made in installation. 



Mechanical technology. — The collections of the division of mechan- 

 ical technolog}', since the demise of curator George C. Maynard, 

 were under the general supervision of the curator of ethnology, 

 assisted by Mr. E. G. Paine, aid, and Miss Barbara E. Bartlett, 

 clerk. Accessions of the year worthy of special mention are as 

 follows : 



A remarkable sundial adapted for the latitude of Jerusalem, north 

 latitude 31° 47', presented by Mr. Claude L. WooUey, Baltimore, 

 Maryland. During the last few years Mr. "Woolley has contributed 

 19 sundials, which with the various types already in the collection 

 cover nearly all the different forms. A type L-2 grafonola equipped 

 with a nonset automatic stop, gift of The Columbia Graphophone 

 Co. A Cardew voltmeter of an early type, acting by the expansion 

 of a hot wire, gift of Mr. Charles Wirt, Germantown, Philadelphia, 

 Pennsylvania. A portable voltmeter invented by Jolin W. Kowell, 

 and patented September 2, 1890, gift of Mr. W. S. Andrews, General 

 Electric Co., Schenectady, New York. A lamp indicator or engine- 

 room voltmeter invented by John W. Howell, patented March 30, 

 1886, and January 11, 1887, gift of The Koller-Smith Co., New York 

 City. 



An exhibit illustrating the early development of the telephone was 

 assembled in chronological order and placed in a special case which 

 includes, in part, a reed sounder which gave the first clew to the 

 transmission of sound over wires, the first instrument through whicti 

 the sound of the human voice was heard, the first long-distance tele- 

 phone, some early commercial hand telephones, and a pioneer desk- 

 telephone set. 



The gun court was cleared of all unrelated specimens, and two 

 cases of gun accessories, powderhorns, powderflasks, bullet molds, 

 and shot bags installed. The Nordenfeldt machine gun has been 



