30 liEPOKT OF .NATIONAl. MUftI':UM, 1895. 



Stone implements and casts of prehistoric objects Iiunc been seiit to 

 Dr. Franz Ivitter von Haner, K. K. ISTatnristorisches Hoftnuseum, Vienna, 

 Anstria. 



From tlie La Plata Museum, La Plata, Argentina (Dr. Francisco P. 

 Moreno, director), have been received ten pottery vessels. Material, in 

 exchange, has been transmitted. 



Ethnology. — Ethnological objects have been sent to Prof. 11. IL 

 Giglioli, for the Koyal Zoological Museum, Florence, Italy, in continua- 

 tion of exchanges. 



Twenty four ethnological objects from New (hiinea have been received 

 from Dr. A, C. Haddon, Inisfail Hills lload, ( 'ambridge, England. Pub- 

 lications have been sent and other material will be forwarded in return. 



Seven ethnological objects have been sent to Mr. F]dward Lovett, 

 Croydon, England, in contiiuuition of exchanges. 



A collection of objects obtained from the Indians of tlie western 

 coast of North America has l)een sent, in exchange for nuiterial already 

 received, to Rev. J. C. Calhoun Newton, Kwansei Gakuin, Kobi', Japan. 



From the Royal Museum of Northern Anticpiities, Copenhagen, Den- 

 mark, through Dr. Sophus Milller, have been received ethnological 

 objects from East Greenland. Similar material has been sent in cou- 

 tiiuiation of exchanges. 



Ethnological objects have been sent to Sapporo Museum, Sai»poro, 

 Japan, in exchange for Aino objects recei^•ed in 1889. 



From Prof. Edward Tregear, Wellington, New Zealand, have been 

 received live iihotographs of Maori houses. 



Oriental antiquities. — Casts of the Temple Stone, Siloam inscrii)tiou, 

 and facsimiles of eleven Assyrian and P>abylonian seals have ))eeu 

 forwarded to Rev. J. C. Calhoun Newton, Kwansei Gakuin, Kobe, 

 Japan, in return for material already received. 



COOJ'ERATION OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS OP THE GOVERNMENT; 



The large annual increase in the national collections is due in no 

 small degree to the aid which the Executive Departments of the Gov 

 crnment have extended in various ways. Much valuable assistance 

 has also been rendered by officials of the Departments who have found 

 it practicable to perform certain work in the interest of the ]\luseum 

 witlnmt interfering Avith their official duties. 



In the Department of State, Hon. W. W. Rockhill, who has made 

 very liberal contributions to the collection in past years, is one of the 

 warmest friends of the Museum. Mr. R. I). L. Mohun, of the Consular 

 Bureau, has i)resented a large and valuable collection of ethnological 

 objects from the Kongo region. Mr. Isaac Townsend Snn'th has been 

 instrumental, in his capacity of consul-general of Siam, in forwarding 

 to the Museum, in behalf of the King- of Siam, through his Royal 

 Highness Prince Devagongse Varaprakar, minister of fcn-eign affairs, 

 Bangkok, Siam, a Siamese edition of the sacred writing "Tripitaka" 



