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beads iu exchange for material already transmitted to the U. S. 

 National Mnseum. 



Ten knives, scrapers, and a chipped bowlder have been received from 

 the Oanterbnry Museum, Christchurcli, New Zealand, Mr. F. W. Hut- 

 ton, curator, in continuation of exchanges. 



From Mr. J. de Morgan, Gizeh Museum, Egypt, a series of 2r)2 speci- 

 mens of prehistoric stone implements from Egypt has been received. 

 An equivalent will be sent shortly. 



Archicological objects have been forwarded, in continuation of 

 exchanges, to Prof. H. H. Giglioli, director of the Koyal Zoological 

 Museum, Florence, Italy. 



Ethnology. — Ethnological objects have been received, in continuation 

 of exchanges, from the Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zea- 

 land, Mr. F. W. Hutton, curator. 



From Mr. G. Colini, Museo Prehistorico Etnografico, Rome, Italy, a 

 model of a throwing-stick obtained from the Ozonana Indians of the 

 Amazon district has been received. A suitable return has been made. 



From the Royal Museum, Salford, Lancashire, England, Mr, B. II. 

 Mullen, director, ethnological objects have been received in return for 

 casts of prehistoric implements. 



Oriental antiquities. — Eighteen objects, illnstrating Buddhistic wor- 

 ship, have been received from St. John's College, Shanghai, China, 

 Rev. F. L. Hawks Pott, president, in return for casts of prehistoric 

 objects and botanical specimens already transmitted. 



Minerals. — Mineralogical material has been received from the Royal 

 Academy of Science and Arts, Barcelona, Spain, Sehor Arturo Botill, 

 secretary, and shells and fossils have been sent in return. 



Geology. — Specimens of nepheline-syenite and sodalite from York 

 River, Dungannon, Ontario, Canada, have been received from Mr. 

 F. D. Adams, McGill University, Montreal, for which geological mate- 

 rial has been sent, in care of Mr. Adams, to the Peter Redpath 

 Museum, McGill University. 



Thirteen specimens of rocks have been received from Prof. H. 

 Alleyne Nicholson, University, Aberdeen, Scotland, in exchange for 

 geological material i^reviously forwarded by the Museum. 



COOPERATION OP THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS OF THE GOVERN- 

 MENT. 



The courteous assistance which has been rendered to the Museum by 

 the State Department and other Executive Departments and bureaus 

 of the Government has been instrumental iu adding much valuable 

 material to the collections. 



A collection of candlesticks and lamps obtained in China by Mr. A. 

 E. Hippisley, commissioner of customs in China, has been received 

 through the Department of State. 



