30 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896. 



Tlie prompt compliiiuce of tlie Treasury Department with requests 

 for tlie free entry of material from abroad, aud the continued courtesies 

 exteiMled by tlie collector of customs in connection with its transpor- 

 tation to Washington, have resulted in saving much time and money 

 to the Museum, and the assistance thus rendered is very highly 

 appreciated. 



The :\Iuseum is indebted to Capt. J. H. Long, keeper of the life- 

 saving station at Fenwicks Island, Delaware, for the skeleton of a 

 Finback Whale. 



Lieut. J. II. Scott, of the United States revenue-marine cutter For- 

 ward^ has transnntted a specimen of Hawk Moth, llmjo higuhris. 



The War Department has continued to grant the usual facilities of 

 the (^lartermaster's Department for the transmission of bulky material 

 from regions where ordinary means of transportation could not be util- 

 ized, except at great expense to the Museum. 



Several officers of the United States Army have interested them- 

 selves in obtaining material for the Museum from various parts of the 

 United States, South America, and the West Indies. Prominent 

 among them are Dr. Edgar A. Mearns, Maj. Charles Bendire, Gapt. 

 W. C. Brown, Capt. Henry Romeyn, Lieut. Wirt Eobinson, Dr. E. E. 

 Ilodge, Dr. W. M. Ihewer, Dr. D. S. Lamb, Dr. W^ashington Mat- 

 thews, and Dr. J. C. Merrill. Mr. Isaac C. Noyes, of the Army Med- 

 ical iNIuseum, transmitted an archaeological object from Virginia. 



The Museum is indebted to officers of the Navy for several interest- 

 ing contributions to the Museum collections. Through the aid of 

 Lieut. Commander S. M. Schley valuable additions to the collections 

 have been obtained. Dr. James M, Flint continues to act as honorary 

 curator of the section of materia medica in the Museum. 



Under the Department of the Interior, the United States Geological 

 Survey has transmitted a large number of collections made by mem- 

 bers of its staff while engaged in field duty. Among these should be 

 especially mentioned Prof. F. W. Clarke, Dr. David T. Day, Dr. T. M. 

 Chatard, Dr. W. H. Dall, and Mr. T. W. Stanton. Hon. Charles D. 

 Walcott, Director of the Survey, has transmitted specimens illustrating 

 the Lower Cambrian formation from the White Mountain Eange, Inyo 

 County, Cal., and Carboniferous limestone fossils from Berne, Albany 

 County, N. Y. The collections received from the Survey are enumer- 

 ated in the List of Accessions (Appendix ii). 



Dr. Z. T. Daniel, of the Indian Office, Avho for many years has 

 contributed information concerning Indian ceremonies, as well as 

 numerous specimens, has continued to manifest active interest in the 

 ethnological department of the ]Museum. 



Mr. Charles F. D;ivis, Indian agent, Colorado Elver Agency, Parker, 

 Ariz., presented a model of a raft constructed by the chief of the Mojave 

 Indians. 



