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interest and value, are not .so extensive as those of previous years. 

 Acquisitions are made in three distinct ways : first, through members 

 of the Bureau and the Geological Survey who act as collectors ; second, 

 by means of exchange for publications or duplicate specimens from 

 previous collections; and third, by donation. Professor Thomas and 

 his assistants, working in the Mississippi Valley and on the Atlantic 

 slope, rejwrt but few accessious during the year. Mr. James Steven- 

 son secured important collections from the Pueblo country, especially 

 from the villages of Jemezand Silla, in the Jemez Valley, New Mexico. 

 These collections include about live huudred specimens of pottery and 

 nearly four hundred of stone, wood, and other substances. A large per- 

 centage of these specimens are ancient. A considerable number of 

 ancient relics of pottery and stone were obtained from ancient ruin sites 

 in the Jemez and Rio Grande Valleys, New Mexico, by the Director and 

 Mr. Holmes. Mr. A. P. Davis collected a number of fragments of ancient 

 pottery from the ruin of Pueblo Alto, New Mexico. A very interesting 

 series of objects, illustrating the present condition of the arts among 

 the Cherokee and Catawba Indians, was procured by Mr. James Mooney 

 of the Bureau. Mr. DeLancey W. Gill, of the Geological Survey, has 

 added to the collection many specimens of rude stone implements 

 from the vicinity of Washington. Donations have been received from 

 the following persons : Mr. C. C. Jones, fragments of ancient pottery 

 from Stallings Island, near Augusta, Ga.; Dr. Taylor, fragments of 

 ancient pottery from Baldwin County, Ala.; General G. P. Thruston, 

 fragment of an enormous earthen vase from a suburb of Nashville, 

 Tenn. ; Mr. W. W. Adams, articles of stone from Union Springs, N. Y.; 

 Mr. C. L. R. Wheeler, cast of a unique stone knife from Westchester 

 County, N. Y.; and Mr. James Tilton, fragments of pottery from Plum 

 Island, Massachusetts. 



By exchange for books and duplicates from the National Museum the 

 following acquisitions have been made: 



From Mr. H. P. Hamilton, fragments of ancient pottery from Two 

 Rivers, Wis., and from Mr. H. W. Hakes, fragments of pottery from 

 Broome County, N. Y. 



By purchase or part purchase the Bureau has obtained from Mr. J. 

 A. McNiel one huudred and seventy pieces of ancient pottery from 

 Chiriqui, Panama, besides some very interesting objects of stone. From 

 Mr. Ward Bachelor it has acquired a fine collection of earthen and 

 stone objects from Mexico. From Dr. E. Boban a few fine samples of 

 Mexican pottery were obtained. All these have been catalogued and 

 turned over to the National Museum. 



Mr. L. B. Case, of Richmond, Ind., has presented to the Bureau the 

 records of the State Archa'ologic Association of Indiana, which fell 

 into his hands as secretary at the discojitinuance of the society several 

 years ago. 



Valuable photographs of archreologic subjects have been received 



