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of the soutlierii Biuldliists, Mr, 11. M. liartleiiuin, cluirgc'' d'affaires of 

 the United States at Caracas, Venezuela; Hon. C. H. Benedict, United 

 States consul at Cape Town, Africa; Mr. X. C. Gram, United States 

 consular ayent at Dryefjord, Iceland, have also extended their friendly 

 offices in increasing' the collections. 



The 3Iusemn is indebted to the Treasury Department for the prompt 

 manner in which free entry lias been granted for material obtained 

 irom many parts of tlie world. This courtesy has been extended over 

 a long period of years. 



Lieut. J. H. Scott and Mr. Sheldon Jackson, of the Revenue-Marine 

 Service, have given their personal aid in adding to the collections. 



Mr. Isaac Winston, of the United States Coast and (reodetic Survey, 

 has also been a contributor. 



In the War Department the same friendly spirit of cooperation has 

 been manifested. The Quarter-masters Department has saved the 

 Museum both time and money in connection with the transportation to 

 Washington of heavy material from remote localities. Several Army 

 officers have made contributions of interesting specimens totheMnseum. 

 Among these are Capt. P. H. Ivay, Lieut. W. "N". Hughes, Lieut. Wirt 

 Robinson, Dr. Edgar A. Mearns, Dr. Timothy E. Wilcox, and Dr. C. E. 

 Woodruff. In the same way the Musenm is indebted to several officers 

 of the Xavy for addition to the collections — Rear- Admiral R. W. Meade, 

 Lieut. Charles Emmericdi, Lieut. C. H. Harlow, and Lieut. Herbert 

 Wiiislow. In the latter part of May, 189."), Dr. James M. Flint was 

 again assigned to <luty in the Museum as honorary curator of the sec- 

 tion of materia medica, and the renewal of his official connection with 

 the Museum is a source of sincere gratification. 



Tlider the Department of the Interior the principal accessions to 

 the collections have been received through the (xeological Survey. 

 The material thence derived is alluded to in the List of Accessions 

 (Appendix ii). The following officers have extended personal as.sist- 

 ance to the Museum during the year, either by collecting geological 

 material or by cooperating with the geological work of the Museum: 

 Mr. Whitman Cross, Dr. David T. Day, Mr. Frank Burns, Mr. J. S. 

 Diller, Mr. G. H. Eldridge, Mr. S. F. Emmons, Mr. Arnold Hague, 

 Mr. W. P. Jenney, Mr. F. H. Knowlton, Prof. S. L. Penfield, lAIr. W. 

 Sardeson, Mr. J. E. Spurr, Mr. T. W. Stanton, Mr. W. H. Turner, and 

 Mr. T. Wayland Vaughan. 



The Director of the Survey, Mr. Charles D. Walcott, has assumed 

 charge of the paleontological department of the Museum, an arrange- 

 ment which can not fail to redound greatly to the advantage of the 

 latter. Dr. William H. Dall, Prof. Lester F. Ward, and Prof. F. W. 

 Clarke, officers of the Survey, continue to act as honorary curators in 

 the ]\fuseum, and to their active and earnest cooperation is due to a 

 large extent the progress which has been made in the geological work 

 of the Museum. 



