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officer luisi Ixvu clianjied to administrative assistant. This position was lilled ]>\ the 

 a|)pointment of Mr. AV. de C. Ra,venel, previously the assistant in charge oi tish cul- 

 ture in the United States Fisli Commission, who has joined to a long experience in 

 the administrative work of thaj, Bureau a familiarity with the preparation and instal- 

 lation of Government exhibits. 



Mr. George B. Turner has been inaile chief taxidermist and I\Ir. W. ('. Plialen an 

 aid in the Department of Geology. 



AiJiJidons to the collections. — The collections of tlie Museum were increased iluring 

 the year to the extent of over 4iS,000 sjiecimens, bringing the total number of sjieci- 

 mens in its possession up to more than 5,400,000. The additions were received in 

 1,409 sej)arate lots or accessions. 



Among the important contriliutions in the Department of Anthmpology were a 

 quantity of baskets, weapons, ornaments, and parts of costumes collected by Dr. 

 AV. L. Abbott in the Andaman and Xicoliar islands, and many filijects, including 

 crania, native clothing, lam]>s, and articles connected with the industries of the 

 Eskimo, obtained in northern Greenland and Ellesmere Land by I\Ir. Roliert Stein, 

 of the T'nitcd States (ieological Survey, during his Arctic expedition. A muubcr of 

 Guatemalan costumes and of objects illustrating the first steps in tlie weaving of cot- 

 ton as practiced in that countrj^ as well as other ethnological material, were received 

 from Airs. Alarj' W. ()wen, of Panzos, Guatemala. Two interesting donations were 

 a series of weapons captured during the Philippine insurrection, including several 

 FiHi)ino swords of tlie ordinary type, some bolos, and a kris, from Alaj. E. L. Hawks, 

 U. s. Volunteers; and a collection consisting principally of the differ(?nt types of punal 

 de kris, a weapon carried liy the women and children m the Philippine Islands, 

 together witli a device formerly used in tlie Philippine army for decapitating wounded 

 soldiers, from Dr. \^'. (". Warmsley, of Norwich, Gonn. Another Philippine collec- 

 tion, secured by purchase from Air. J. N. Harkins, of Galhoun, Ga., comprises weapons, 

 cooking utensils, tobacco boxes, charm belts, models of boats, newspapers, statuettes, 

 and t'oins. 



A collection of choice objects l)r(iught together l>y the late Dr. (J. Brown Goode, 

 and secured during the year, in hides musical instruments, Japanese porcelains, 

 domestic utensils, gand)ling devices, plsques, vases, an incense 1)0x, old Kutani 

 ware, Alarcusi ware, Gloisonn<'> plates and bowls, trays, English cliinaware, and 

 ironstone china from Ciiina. Other additions to the collection of musical instru- 

 ments were a small series of instruments used liy ihe American Indians, and st'veral 

 from European countries, including a nyckleliarpa, ol)tained liy exchange from 

 Airs. .1. Crosby lirown, of Orange, N. .1.; and 78 pieces, comprising instruments of 

 the Javanese, Chinese, Thibetans, Japanese and Persians; Syrian and Egyj)tian 

 kettledrums, a Turkish mandolin, etc., presented by Dr. Ryan Devereaux, U. S. Army. 



A complete set of the gold and silver coins of Siam, and a series of Spanish coins 

 minted in Alexii'o and the Philippine Islands, embracing the various kinds issued l)y 

 Spain for us(^ in its colonics, were obtained by purchase. 



Loan collections, chiefly of historical interest, received on deposit and exhibited in 

 the main Aluseum hall, were as follows: Eighty-two relics of Colonial times, and a 

 gold watch w<irii by (ieorge Fayette Washington, a nejihew of George Washington, 

 from the National Society of Colonial Dames; relu's of the Revolutionary War, 

 including commissions in the Continental Army, from the Daughters of the American 

 Revolution; several swords that had belonged to the late Rear Admiral J. W. Philip, 

 IT. S. Navy, one presented by the children of Texas, another by the citizens of New 

 York City, from Airs. Philip; six swords belonging to Rear Admiral R. D. Evans, 

 U. S. Navy, including one presented by the State of Iowa, and one by the crew of 

 the battleship louxi; and 21 guns captured at Tientsin, China, comprising the various 

 types of European and American manufacture now employed in the Chinese army, 



