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with several State commissioners for the exhibition in the Smithsonian 

 mineral department of collections made by them to illustrate the 

 resources of their several States, and which were delivered in the build- 

 ing free of cost and for the most part provided with the necessary cases 

 and without expense to the Centennial fund. Chief among these was 

 the exhibit of the State of Nevada, which was of very great extent and 

 made under the supervision of Mr. Whitehill, the State geologist. 



A collection from Montana, made under the direction of Mr. Wool- 

 man, came next in interest and importance. General Wilder presented 

 a series of the ores and building-stones of Tennessee in great variety, 

 and Mr. Joseph Wharton furnished a large quantity of raw material 

 and finished products connected with the nickel industry. Under the 

 supervision of Dr. E. K. Beadle, Dr. Koenig, and Mr. Wilcox, a very 

 valuable loan collection of the principal minerals of the United States 

 formed part of the Smithsonian exhibit. 



The animal division was under the special charge of Mr. G. Brown 

 Goode and included the subject of the fisheries of the United States, 

 for which special provision was made in the congressional appropria- 

 tion. 



Mr. Goode prepared, with great labor, a classification of the objects 

 necessary to constitute such an exhibition, which was printed by the 

 Interior Department as No. G of the Bulletins of the National Museum 

 and widely circulated. 



In addition to the objects purchased or presented to this series, sev- 

 eral very valuable collections were lent by various parties. Among 

 them may be mentioned a great variety of nets by the American Net 

 and Twine Company of Boston ; an extensive series of apparatus used 

 by the angler, by Messrs. Bradford & Anthony, of Boston ; of North 

 American furs, by Messrs. Charles Herpich & Co., of New York; 

 polished Unio shells from Dr. Miller and Mr. Schaffer, of Cincin- 

 nati, &c. 



Here, as in the case of the minerals, the donations and loans were so 

 numerous as to render it impossible to mention them in a brief report 

 like the present. 



The ethnological exhibit was made under the auspices of the Indian 

 Bureau of the Interior Department, the funds necessary for the purpose* 

 being supplied from its share of the Centennial appropriation. 



The preparation for the exhibition and the arrangement of the col- 

 lection were under the direction of Dr. Charles Rau, assisted by Mr. 



F. H. dishing. The collections in the field were made by Messrs. James 



G. Swan, in Alaska and Washington Territory ; by Mr. Stephen Pow- 

 ers, in California and adjacent States ; by Major J. W. Powell, in 

 Arizona, Utah, and Colorado ; by Messrs. Stephen Bowers and Paul 

 Schumacher, on the coast of the Pacific and California. 



A large number of loans, especially of stone implements, &c, were 

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