REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 91 



GARNER, J. P. (Linwood, Maryland), makes inquiry regarding the geological charac- 

 teristics of Maryland. 



Garner, R. L. (Norfolk, Virginia), desires information regarding certain archaeolog- 

 ical objects in the Museum. 



GlBBS, Dr. MORRIS (Kalamazoo, Michigan), desires information regarding a tooth, a 

 sketch of which he transmits. 



en. iky. Henry II. (Washington, District of Columbia), makes inquiries regarding 

 locked elk-horns. 



Gniffkb, Henri B. (Florence, Alabama), desires information regarding the produc- 

 tion of asphalt in the I 'nit I'll States. 



Goins, Alford (Prides P.O., Alabama), desires information regarding rocks, sketches 



of which hi' sends. 



GOODE, James S. (Springfield, Ohio), asks for information regarding the cultivation 

 of lish. 



Goodhue, F. D. (Cincinnati, Ohio), desires information regarding basket work 

 among the American Indians. 



GOULD, A. C. (Boston, Massachusetts), desires certain information regarding fish and 

 game laws in the District of Columbia. 



Grady, W. C. (Richmond, Virginia), asks for the determination of a bird from a de- 

 scription which he sends. 



GRAVES, W. H. (Kingman, Kansas), desires information regarding the technology of 

 i lie salt, sugar, paper, and linseed-oil industries. 



Green, Loren W. (Charlestown, New Hampshire), makes inquiry regarding the 

 skinning of small mammals. 



Grinnan, A. G. (Madison Mills, Virginia), desires the address of some specialist in 

 cryptoganious botany. 



GROW, Mrs. GEORGE (Plainsfield, Wisconsin), makes inquiry regarding the varieties 

 of Asiatic, or so-called "German," carp. 



GUESDE, Mons. L. (Point-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe), inquires where specimens of Scar- 

 abeus hercules may he obtained. 



Hafelfinger, FRED. (Washington, District of Columbia), desires information regard- 

 ing an old guitar in his possession. 



Hayden, II. B. i Raton, New Mexico), inquires asto the commercial value ofagatized 

 bone. 



HEDRICK, Rev. JOHN I'., S. J. (Woodstock College, Howard County, Maryland), 

 desires certain information for his guidance in making exchanges of entomo- 

 logical material. 



Hickman, Thomas (Mount Jackson, Virginia,) desires information regarding a coin, 

 a description of which he sends. 



Hight, James L. (Dallas, Georgia), requests an opinion asto the value of a stono 

 implement, which he describes. 



Hii.i., John W. (Symsonia, Kentucky), requests an opinion as to the value of certain 

 coin-. 



Hiss. P. II.. jr. i Baltimore, Maryland), asks information regarding the preservation 

 of lish for purposes of study. 



Ho i.mi.s. Prof. J. A. | IniveisiiN of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina), asks 

 what methods have been adopted by the Museum in labeling its exhibition series 

 of minerals. 



Hopkins, G. 1". (Minneapolis, Minnesota), makes inquiry regarding the genealogy 



of the Hopkins family. 

 How \i;i>. D. W. II. (Winameg, Ohio), through Hon. A. P.' Edgerton, of Hicksville, 



< »hio, makes inquiries regarding prehistoric stone implements. 



Ill L-CEE, Dr. II. J. (Louisville, Kentucky), desires the name of a lish, a description 

 of w Inch he sends. 



Hunt, A. (Knickerbocker Ice Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), desires in- 

 formation regarding asbestos. 



