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not as yet all been put in operation. The well-organized special 

 sections are at present only two, materia Medica and Foods and Tex- 

 tile Fabrics. The fisheries section is well-organized as a sub-section, 

 so to speak, but it will be some time yet before hunting can be taken 

 up in connection with it. 



Dr. Flint has the materia medica collection well in hand. In a 

 general way it is intended to illustrate the medicines in use in 

 highly civilized countries at the present day, as well as the collec- 

 tions peculiar to certain countries. Of the latter the Museum has a 

 small collection from Corea, one from China, and quite a complete 

 one from India. (This India collection of course represents only 

 native medicines.) To the collection in 1883 were added over 1,000 

 specimens, the addition to the general collections being supplemental 

 — /. <?., intended to fill out the present exhibit of the medicines of civ- 

 ilized nations obtained from wholesale drug houses in this country. 

 Quite a unique collection of mineral waters from all parts of the 

 world is included in the latter. The additions to the special col- 

 lections in 1883 "^^y t>e summed up as follows : 



1. About 275 specimens from the Kurrachee Museum, India. 



2. Fifty specimens or more from the Madras Museum. 



3. Ten specimens of Cinchona bark of different kinds from 

 Ceylon, presented from the Government of India. 



4. Seventeen specimens presented by the Corean Embassy. 



5. no accessions from the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew. 

 The Section of Foods and Textile Fabrics embraces more than 



the name implies — i. <?., food-stuffs, narcotics, distillations, drinks, 

 furs and leathers, fibres, cordage, textile fabrics, needle-work, bas- 

 ket-work, paper, etc. Mr. Hitchcock has been in charge only since 

 November, last. The collection of textiles now on exhibition is 

 not a very large one, and consists mainly of the raw materials used, 

 such as wood, silk, cotton, jute, manilla, hemp, bark, grasses, etc. 

 In mats, cloths, etc., little has been as yet installed. The reserve 

 collection is a large and valuable one. The Zunians, Navajos, 

 Indians of northwest coast, (particularly the Nootkas and Haidahs,) 

 the South Sea Islanders, and the natives of the Phillipines, West 

 Indies, Central America, and elsewhere are well represented, and 

 when this collection is finally installed it will be a valuable addi- 

 tion to the collections on exhibition. Little attempt has as yet been 

 made to illustrate the fabrics of civilized nations, but these are easily 

 obtained when desired by purchase in this and other countries. 



