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15. Phonograph tin foil used 1)}^ Edison in cxp(M-ini(uiting at the 

 Smithsonian Institution in 1878; presented by Mr. W. J. Rhe(^s. 



16. Telephone receivers, etc. (21 specimens); presented l)v Mrs. 

 Elisha Gray. 



17. Collection of pottery from the Canary Islands (r,> specimens); 

 gift of Hon. Solomon Berliner. 



18. Archeological collections from Kentucky (027 specimens); pre- 

 sented \}y Mr. W. F. Young. 



PURCHASED BY THE MUSEUM. 



1. Collection of Philippine ethnological material (l8t) specimens); 

 from Mr. J. M. Harkins. 



2. Collection of Philippine hats (16 specimens); from ,J. B. Wood. 



3. Collection of material illustrating the Parsee religion and cus- 

 toms (12 specimens); from Dr. Emily B. Rjaler. 



4. Collection of Siamese coins (22 specimens); from Miss M. C. 

 McFarland. 



5. Collection of Colonial Spanish coins minted in Mexico and the 

 Philippine Islands (!)S specimens); from Mr. A. H. Quarles. 



6. Archeological collection from Honduras (105 specimens); from 

 Dr. Spencer Franklin. 



7. Collection of pottery, porcelain, etc. (180 specimens); from Mrs. 

 G. Brown Goode. 



PURCHASED BY THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOOY AND DEPOSITED 

 IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



1. Collection of archeological material from Mexico (611 specimens); 

 from Mr. E. O. Matthews. 



2. Collection of archeological material from Georgia ('.M84 speci- 

 mens); from Dr. Roland Steiner. 



3. Archeological collection from the Potomac Valley, etc. (717 speci- 

 mens); from Mr. Robert Proudtit. 



EXCHANCiES. 



1. Musical instruments and copies of instruments (6 specimens); 

 through exchange with Mrs. J. Crosb}^ Brown for similar material. 



2. Collection of photographs of architectural and sculptural subjects 

 (763 views); from Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, in exchange 

 for Pueblo pottery. 



LOANS. 



1. Miscellaneous historical relics (82 specimens); by the National 

 Society of Colonial Dames. 



