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Among the important accessions received daring the year the follow- 

 ing may be noted : 



A handsome Japanese kago, presented by Tokugawalyenari, eleventh 

 Taikun of Japan to his daughter, upon her betrothal to Prince Hosokawa 

 aDaimio of lligo, 1835, obtained through Hieromich Shugio. This 

 kago is made of wood, beautifully lacquered and elaborately embellished 

 with crests of the Tokugawa and Hosokawa families. The interior is 

 handsomely upholstered and decorated. 



A model of a Japanese jinrikisha (light-covered vehicle with two 

 wheels, drawn by a man or boy), together with the small painting which 

 accompanies it, gives an excellent idea of the manner in which this 

 popular conveyance of Japan, which takes the place of the London cab 

 is used. 



Among the objects especially prepared for the Cincinnati Exposition 

 which have found a permanent place in the collection, is a series illus- 

 trative of the history of transportation before the advent of the loco- 

 motive, of which the following are worthy of note: 



Apache squaw with carrying basket (full-size figure), illustrating an 

 aboriginal form of burden bearing, since known as "toting" by the 

 negroes of the Southern States. 



Pack-mule (mounted specimen), illustrating means adopted by early 

 settlers to transport freight across the Alleghany Mountains, the 

 pack-saddle and manner of packing being in accordance with prevail- 

 ing methods among the mountain " packers." 



Ohio River Hat-boat (model), The Mayflower of the Ohio. It was 

 upon a similar boat that the earliest settlers journeyed down the Ohio 

 River and disembarked at Marietta. 



Steam-boat Orleans, 1812 (model), the lirst steamboat on the Ohio 

 River. This boat was built under the direction of Robert Fulton and 

 Nicholas Roosevelt. 



Conestoga wagon, 1785-1830 (model). Wagons of this type were 

 used in the transportation of emigrants and freight from the East 

 across the Alleghanies to the Ohio and Mississippi Valley. 



Stage coach (model). Type in use between Pittsburgh and Phila- 

 delphia in 1825. 



Canal passenger packet-boat, 1840 (model). Type used on the 

 Pennsylvania Canal, Columbia to Iloilidaysburg, on the through line, 

 Philadelphia to Pittsburgh. Through the courtesy of Mr. William J. 

 Latta, general agent, and Mr. F. W. Webb, foreman of the Pennsyl- 

 vania Railroad Company, at Philadelphia, the last three models 

 noted above were constructed at the Philadelphia shops, being a repro- 

 duction in miniature of the vehicles and canal packet-boat exhibited 

 li\ tin- Pennsylvania Railroad Company in the trades' parade at the 

 Celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of the Adoption of the 

 Constitution, in Philadelphia, October, 18S7. 



The series illustrating the history of the American locomotive has 



