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presented by Mrs. Jennie Bancroft Alband. Dr. J. T. Lloyd pre- 

 sented a hand prescription balance used many years ago by 

 pharmacists. 



In the section of wood technology there were added important col- 

 lections of woods from Jamaica collected by Gerrit S. Miller, jr., 

 a set of woods from various localities obtained from the Field 

 Museum of Natural History in exchange, and a series of 132 kinds 

 of native woods presented by the Philippine Bureau of Forestry 

 through A. F. Fischer. 



For the division of graphic arts there was obtained a miniature 

 book, The Gospel of St. Matthew, printed from Si/o-point type, the 

 smallest type that has ever been cast. The printed surface of the 

 page measures 1% by 1% inches and has approximately 540 words 

 to a page. 



The trustees of the Stephen H. Tyng Foundation of England have 

 made the section of photography in the Smithsonian Institution 

 the depository for duplicate pictorial prints procured by the founda- 

 tion. The first installment of photographs from this source came 

 during the year and will be followed by others. The works chosen 

 are selected by the trustees of the foundation as representative 

 works of outstanding pictorial merit produced b}^ the photographers 

 of any nation. 



History. — In the antiquarian section a watch and a sword carried 

 during the French and Indian War by Capt. Jeremiah Marston, of 

 the British Armj'', were presented by Charles F. Clark. There came 

 also a chair ov/ned by Benjamin Franklin, a chair of President 

 James Madison, a mahogany screen belonging to General Washing- 

 ton, and a cane made from a piece of one of the timbers of the 

 U. S. S. C onstitutio7i by bequest from James C. McGuire. 



The aluminum ti-ansit used by Admiral Peary during his north 

 polar expedition in 1898 was received as a gift from Mrs. William 

 Porter Allen. A uniform worn during the Spanish-American war by 

 Maj. Gen. Leonard W^ood was added to the collections as a gift by 

 Mrs. Leonard Wood. An exceptionally interesting series of military 

 uniforms and equipment was presented by the Rumanian Government 

 through Dr. Andrei Popovici, secretary of the Rumanian Legation. 

 A similar series of Turkish military arms and uniforms came as a 

 gift from the Turkish Government through the Turkish ambassador, 

 Ahmet Muhtar. 



For the numismatic collection there were obtained examples of 

 current coins from the Governments of Estonia, Italy, Poland, and 

 the Cameroons. A set of coins from Palestine was presented by 

 P. Knabenshue, American consul general at Jerusalem. Numerous 

 other coins from a large number of countries were transferred bv 



