REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. G7 



President Cleveland presented a bowl, cocoauut-shell drinking cup, 

 used in the ceremony of kava drinking, and a fan, two pieces of the root 

 from which the '' kava" is made ; and also a rug of native manufacture. 

 These objects were presented to the President by tlie King of the Sa- 

 moau Islands. 



STATE DEPARTMENT. 



The material received through this Department was collected by the 

 United States consuls in various foreign countries. The contributions 

 here mentioned do not include the material received from the iN'ew Or- 

 leans Exposition through this Department, 



Hon. S. S. Cox, U. S. minister to Turkey, sent an Egyptian mummy. 

 This specimen is fully described on p. 150 of this report. 



Hon. G. W. Griffin, U. S. consul, Sydney, Australia, forwarded Aus- 

 tralian wool. 



Hon. Otto Reimer, U. S. consul, Santiago de Cuba, sent some min- 

 erals, among which was a very interesting variety of garnet. 



Hon. Edward Thompson, U. S. consul, Merida, Yucatan, sent a bird 

 skin. 



Hon. Albert Woodcock, U. S. consul, Catania, Sicily, sent a plow, 

 which is of great interest, from the fact of its being similar to those 

 used in Sicily more than two thousand years ago. 



Samples of Russian petroleum refined at Marseilles, and of milk sugar 

 from Germany and Switzerland, were also received. 



TKEASUKY DEPAKTMBNT. 



Bureau of Engraving and Printing. — A small collection of materials 

 illustrative of the engraver's work was received, 



U. 8. Coast Survey. — Dr. W, H. Rush, of the steamer Blake, sent a 

 collection of moUusks from the Gulf of Mexico, and a parasite worm 

 taken from a rock cod. A case of saliuometers and an optical densi- 

 meter were deposited by this Bureau. 



Light-Rouse Board. — A series of models of light-houses, lightships, 

 etc., which were exhibited at the ^^,\\ Orleans Exposition, were placed 

 on deposit. 



TJ. 8. Revenue Marine. — Cai)t. M. A. Healy, of the steamer Corwin, 

 sent a collection of fishes, marine invertebrates, etc. 



WAR DEPAKTMENT. 



Lieut. Gen. P. H. Sheridan, lent, for exhibition, four large specimens 

 of Flemish tapestry. These represent scenes in the life of Alexander 

 the Great, and are described on page 65 of this report. 



Capt. Charles E, Bendire, honorary curator of birds' eggs in the Na- 

 tional Museum, contributed during the year a collection of fishes, birds, 

 birds' eggs, reptiles, and three concretions from near Fort Custer, Mont., 

 a Smith & Wesson revolver found on the Custer battle-field in 1883, 

 and a bird from Fort Lowell, Ariz. 



