REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 03 



Mastkks, M.vi:k ((Jibbon, Nebraska), requests certain informal ion regarding the 

 Incas of Peru. 



Matheson, William J., & Co. I New York City), desire the determination of a snake 

 from a description scut. 



Mayo, George \V. (Richmond, Virginia), requests certain data in regard to zoologi- 

 cal gardens in the United stales. 



Meigs, General M. ('.. U.S.Arruy (Washington, District of Columbia), requests an 

 opinion as to the genuineness of a whistle, supposed to have been taken from an 

 Indian mound near Columbus, Georgia. 



Miller, C. B. (Prescott, Arizona), requests certain information regarding vanadinate 



of lead. 



Mills, Hon. R. Q. (United States House of Representatives), requests information re- 

 garding a colonial note of the State of Maryland. 



Mills, W. C. (Newcomerstown, Ohio), desires information regarding aboriginal 

 sculpt tire in America. 



MONROE, J. P. (Ringgold, Tennessee), sends sketch of a chain said to have been taken 

 from an Indian mound, and requests an opinion as to its genuineness. 



Moore, C. R. (Birdsnest P. O., Virginia), desires information regarding the publica- 

 tions of the Smithsonian Institution relating to prehistoric anthropology. 



Morton, Mrs. Eliza II. (Portland, Maine), makes inquiry regarding the government 

 of Alaska: also regarding the "American Geographical Society. - ' 



MURFITT, A. C, jr. (Red Bank, New Jersey), requests certain information regarding 

 a coin. 



Myer, Mrs. A. B. I Newportville, Pennsylvania), desires information as to the rights 

 of a discoverer of mineral wealth on lands other than his own. 



NORTHROP, GEORGE J, ( Marquette, Michigan), makes inquiry as to the occurrence of 

 intestinal worms in fish. 



O'Hare, Daniel (Washington, District of Columbia), incloses a copper coin concern- 

 ing which he desires information. 



Oliver, Charles I Under Secretary, Department of Lands, New South Wales), makes 

 inquiry regarding the existence of epidemics among wild rabbits in the North- 

 western United Stales. 



' >si rander, Charles F. i Rye, New York), makes inquiry regarding the ravages of 

 insects on elm and on apple trees ; also as to the best liquid for the preservation 

 of insects for purposes of study. 



Parsons, Francis II. (U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey), asks for information regard- 

 ing an Indian mound. 



Phillips, Barnet (Brooklyn, New York), desires information regarding the occur- 

 rence of luminous beetles in the vicinity of New York City. 



Phillips, Miss E. J. (Chagrin Falls, Ohio), desires information regarding publica- 

 tions of tin- Museum. 



Pierce, Thomas II. B. | Dexter, Maine), makes inquiry regarding Indian mounds. 



Pilling, J. C. ( Washington, District of Columbia), desires informal ion regarding the 

 internal administration of the Smithsonian Institution. 



Pleas, E. i Dunreith, Indiana ), desires information regarding prehistoric stone imple- 

 ments; also in reference to the bibliography of the Mollusca. 



Bagsdale, <;. II. (Gainesville, Texas), desires information regarding the coloration of 

 ■ • nam spech 8 of ./ nciat rodotl ; as to the depth to which meteorites usually peue 

 trail'; and regarding the superstitions in connection with the BO-called "mad- 

 stone.'' 



Ranson, Robert (Canaveral, Florida), inquires as to the proper method of making 



plaster easts; and desires to k LOW if sharks are viviparous. 



Revmershoffer's Sons, J. (Galveston, Texas), transmit an analysis of the water 

 from their artesian well and desire an opinion as to its suitability for refining 

 Busar. 



