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the various kinds issued l)y Spain for use in its colonies, were oljtaincd 

 by purchase. 



Loan collections, chietl}^ of historical interest, received on deposit 

 and exhibited in the main Museum hall, were as follows: Eightj^-two 

 relics of Colonial times and a gold watch worn ])y George Fayette 

 Washington, a nephew of George Washington, from the National 

 Society of Colonial Dames; relics of the War of the Revolution, includ- 

 ing commissions in the C<nitinental Arnty, from the Daughters of the 

 American Revolution; several swords that had Ixdonged to the late 

 Rear- Admiral J. W. Philip, U. S. Nav}^, one presented l)v the children 

 of Texas, another by the citizens of New York city, from Mrs. Philip; 

 six swords belonging to Rear- Admiral R. D. Evans, U. S. Navy, 

 including one presenti^l by the State of Iowa and one l)y the crew of 

 the battleship Iowa/ and 31 guns captured at Tientsin, China, com- 

 prising the various types of European and American manufacture 

 now employed in the Chinese army, from Col. W. H. Carter, U. S. 

 Arm5^ A desk and cjuadrant used by Dr. C. F. Hall on his Polaris 

 Arctic expedition, were received as a gift from Miss Anne S. Hall, 

 of Cincinnati, Ohio.- 



Among the important accessions in archi\>ology were the collection 

 of flint implements, bone utensils, and remains of extinct and recent 

 mammals resulting from the examination of a sulphur spring at Afton, 

 Indian Territor}^, by Mr. W. H. Holmes, and a very large amount of 

 material, comprising pottery, implements of stone, wood, and shell, 

 bones, and human remains, obtained 1)y Dr. AYalter Hough during his 

 investigations in Arizona, partlj' in conjunction with Mr. Peter G. 

 Gates. 



Al)out 10,000 prehistoric objects from Georgia, including carvings, 

 spearheads, polished stone hatchets, and other articles of stone, ivor}", 

 and pottery, were accjuired from Dr. Roland B. Steiner. A collection 

 of the implements used by the ancient inhal)itants of the arc^a now 

 forming Columbia County, Pennsylvania, consisting of stone articles 

 of domestic utility, stone hatchets, banner stones, arrow points, and 

 spearheads, was presented by Mr, Charles Hummel, of Espey, Penn- 

 sylvania; a large series of prehistoric objects from the Potomac Valley 

 was obtained by i)urchase; and material from the guano caves of Las 

 Cruces, New Mexico, was contributed l)y Mr. J. R. De Mier. 



Among the accessions in archeology from other countries were 

 over 000 specimens of prehistoric vases, stone figures, carvings, and 

 polished instruments, and figures and dishes in earthenware, from 

 Mexico, received from Mr. E. O. Matthews; an image, mortar, and 

 pestle of stone, from Porto Rico, presented by Mr. Henry Bird; and 

 a series of flint implements and bones from the cavern of Kesserlock, 

 Schafl'hausen, Switzerland, donated by Prof. J. Heierli, of the Uui- 

 versit}' of Zurich. 



