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IMPORTANT ACCESSIONS. 



A considerable number of colleotions acquired during the year are 

 worthy of special mention, as follows: 



Bi/ gift. — 1. Ethnological material from the Mala}^ Archipelago, 

 donated by Dr. William L. Abbott; 67 specimens. 



2. Two ancient stone chairs from P>uador, pr3sented ^^\ Hon. Periy 

 M. de Leon, United States consul-general at Guayaquil. These valu- 

 able specimens were discovered about thirty years ago as the result of 

 a freshet. The waters uncovered what appeared to be an ancient 

 council chaml)er in which had been placed a large stone table sur- 

 rounded by numerous chairs. 



8. A nuunmy from the valley of Cuzco, Peru, presented by Dr. 

 C. H. Russell, surgeon U. S. 8. NevxirJi'. 



•i. The Ramage printing press, presented 1)}" Barnhart Bros. & 

 Spindler, of Chicago, 111. This press marks the change in the hand 

 press from wood construction to iron. It is said to have been made 

 in 1775. 



5. A series of 32 insulated electrical conductors, presented V)y the 

 American Electrical Works, of Providence, R. I. 



6. Two typewriting machines, presented hy the Hammond Type- 

 writer Company, New York. One of these machines is of the model 

 first made b}' the company, in ISS-i, and the other is of the latest st^de, 

 made in 1900. 



7. Collection of weapons of Australian aborigines; 33 specimens; 

 presented by Hon. F. W. Goding, United States consul at Newcastle, 

 New South Wales. 



8. Two antique bronze cannon from Manila, presented by Admiral 

 George Dewey, United States Navy. 



9. United States regulation sword used by Gen. J. B. McPherson 

 throughout the civil war, presented by Mr. D. W. Wood. 



10. Wedding dress of Mrs. Joseph Little, of Hagerstown. Md., 

 June 17, 1784; presented by Mrs. S. H. Young. 



11. Collection of postage stamps used in the Philippine Islands at 

 the time of American occupation, presented b}- Mr. Charles Doran. 



By collection. — 1. Archaeological and historical relics from Cuba and 

 Jamaica, by Mr. W. H. Holmes; 200 specimens. 



2. Ethnological and arch^ological objects from Mexico and Arizona, 

 by Dr. Walter Hough; 153 specimens. 



3. Ethnological collections from the Pacific Islands, by Mr. C. H. 

 Townsend and Mr. H. F. Moore of the Alhatross expedition of 

 1899-1900; 213 specimens (partial returns). 



1. Collection of Indian skulls and ethnological materials from Tierra 

 del Fuego and Patagonia, by Prof. J. B. Hatcher; 37 specimens. 



By parclume. — 1. Collection of ethnological specimens from the 

 Kongo Valley, Africa, from the Rev. S. P. Verner; 275 specimens. 



