948 INDEX. 



Minerals, Abert collection of 50 



Department of, United States National Museum 55,164, 188,266 



Assistants 266 



F. W. Clarke, honorary curator 188,266,275 



Report of acting curator 266 



Accessions 267 



Administration 268 



Report of honorary curator 266 



W. S.Yeates, acting curator 188,266,276 



Mining Engineers, American Institute of, collections of, presented 8 



Miscellaneous collections 27-32 



Vol. xxiv 28 



Vol. xxv 28 



Vol. xxvi 28 



Vol. xxvii 28 



Mitchell, Dr. S. Weir, researches of 227 



Mitchell, James, detailed to London Fisheries Exhibit 83 



Mollusks, department of, United States National Museum 54, 164, 186, 244 



Accessions 246 



William H. Dall, honorary curator 186,244,275 



Dr. R. E. C. Stearns, assistant curator 186 



Work performed in department 244, 245 



Monarch line of steamers, aid rendered by 12 



Concessions made by 43 



Co-operation of 36 



Montreal, Redpath Museum, collections promised to 13 



Morrill, Hon. Justin S., appointed Regent 3, XI 



Regent X, XI, xxxviu 



Mosaic, antique Roman, presented to Museum 182 



Moser, Lieut. J. F., collection presented by 226 



Mound explorations 56 



Mounds in Berrien County, Georgia 853 



In Butler, County, Ohio 844 



In Hampshire County, West Virginia 868 



In Spoon River Valley, Illinois 835 



In West Florida 854 



Of Sangamon County, Illinois 825 



Mufioz y Espriella, co-operation of 36 



Murdoch, J. E., collections made by 14 



Murray, Ferris & Co., co-operation of 36 



Museum building, necessity of additional 7,8 



Of Hygiene (see National Museum) 49 



Music at unveiling of Henry statue XX 



Musical instruments, collection of 182 



N. 



Natioual Academy of Sciences, meeting of 9, 174 



National Museum 161 et seq. 



Aboriginal pottery section 52 



Antiquities, department of 53 



Appropriation asked for a new building 8 



Art and industry, department of 51 



Bibliography , 276 



