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W. E. Ileriidon, United States navy. These consist chiefly of verte- 

 brate animals and ethnological material. 



3. Exploration of the valley of Great Salt Lake, by Captain Stans- 

 bury, United States army. Collections in character much like the 

 last. 



4. Exploration of the Zuiii and Colorado rivers by Captain Sitgreaves, 

 United States army, and the survey of the Creek Boundary by Cap- 

 tains J. C. Woodruff and Sitgreaves. 



5. Presents made to the United States by the King of Siam and 

 other foreign governments, deposited by the State Department. 



6. Collections of Commodore M. C. Perry, United States navy, 

 made while negotiating a treaty with Japan, and the presents to the 

 United States government tlirough him from the Japanese authorities. 



7. Collections made by Dr. D. D. Owen in his United States geolo- 

 gical explorations in the west. 



8. Collection of birds, &c., of British Guiana, from Eev. C. W. 

 Denison. 



9. African curiosities, deposited by Rev, Dr. Gurley, in behalf of 

 the American Colonization Society. 



10. Miscellaneous specimens belonging to the old Washington 

 Museum and deposited by Mr. John Varden. 



11. Miscellaneous specimens, including paintings and statuary, from 

 different individuals, presented to or deposited in the national gallery, 



12. Collection of Indian paintings from the War and Indian Depart- 

 ments. 



In addition to the collections above enumerated, the old hall con- 

 tained numerous specimens of different kinds belonging to or deposited 

 in the care of the National Institute. These the Smithsonian Institution 

 offered to take charge of, subject to such future order as the National 

 Institute might make in regard to them, but the offer was declined at 

 the time by its authorities and the specimens were left in their places, 

 but afterwards concentrated in several of the old cases of the Patent 

 Office hall. As no supervision is now exercised over them it is much 

 to be feared that great injury will necessarily result to the more per- 

 ishable portions. 



Second. The collections in the Smithsonian Institution belonging to 

 the United States, and deposited in pursuance of the act of incorpora- 

 tion, other than those mentioned, are as follows : 



13. Collections of the United States geological survey made in Iowa, 

 Illinois, and Minnesota, under Dr. D. D. Owen. 



14. Collections made on Lake Superior, by Messrs. Foster and 

 Whitney. 



15. Collections made by Dr. Charles T. Jackson. 



16. Collections made in Oregon and Washington Territories, by 

 Dr. J. Evans. 



17. Collections of vertebrates and minerals of Chile, made by Lieu- 

 tenant J. M. Gilliss, U. S. N. 



18. General collections made by the North Pacific surveying and 

 exploring expedition under Captains Ringgold and Rodgers, U. S. N., 

 chiefly in the China Seas, Behring Straits, Coast of California, c^-c, 



ly. General collections made by tlie United States and Mexican 



