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sious iu Appendix Vi, as is the case also of tliose of rlic otlier persons 

 mentioned in this same connection. 



The Treasury Department has rendered most important service by 

 facilitating- the entry of material from foreign countries through the 

 custom-liouse. In this connection special acknowledgments are due to 

 Mr. John Quackenbush, by whom the packages received through the 

 New York custom-liouse luive been forwarded, in connection with his 

 voluntary services as New York agent of the Smithsonian Institution. 

 The following oflficers of the Treasury have been especially etlicient in 

 their efforts to increase the collections of the Museum : Dr. S. J. Call, 

 U. S. Eevenue Marine Service; Mr. J. A. Clampitt, V. S. Life-Saving 

 Service; Mr. J. Q. Lamer, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and Mr. 

 J. ITenry Turner, U. S. Coast and (ieodetic Survey. 



Under the ^^'ar Department the Quartermaster-General of the Army 

 has greatly aided the Museum by furnishing transportation for bulky 

 and cumbersome collections from the Western States, which without 

 this assistance it would have been almost impossible for the .Museum to 

 have acquired. To Capt. John F. Eogers, U. S. Army, of the Quarter- 

 master's Department, is due especial acknowledgment for his super- 

 vision of the transportation of the Museum ^Vol•ld's Fair material from 

 Washington to Chicago. The following-named officers of the Army 

 have made valuable contributions: Dr. Timothy E. Wilcox, major ami 

 surgeon; Dr. J. C. Merrill, captain and assistant surgeon; Dr. Fdgar 



A. Mearns, captain and assistant surgeon; Capt. John ii. IJourke, 

 Capt. Charles E. Bendire, Capt. Henry Komeyn, Capt. Sawyer. Lieut! 

 H. C. Benson, Lieut. Wirt Robinson, and Dr. E. W. Shuffeldt. 



To the Xavy Department acknowledgment is due for the detail of a 

 medical officer to act as curator of the section of materia medica, while 

 the following-named officers have contributed to the collections: Lieut. 

 G. T. Emmons, Lieut. C. F. Pond, Ensign W. E. Safford, Dr. C. H. 

 White, .Alessrs, J. S. Carpenter, A. S. Greene, and W. S. Moore. 



Under the Department of the Interior, with the exception of the 

 specimens contributed by Dr. Z. T. Daniel and Mr. Charles 11. Thoiiip- 

 son, officials of the Indian Otlice, the chief assistance has been from the 

 U. S. Geological Survey. The extent of the accessions from this source 

 is fully shown in the list of accessions, and special acknowledgments 

 are also due the following officers of the Survey f(.r their hearty coop- 

 eration: Maj. J. W. Powell, director; Mr. CD. Walcott, Mr.' Frank 

 Burns, Prof. F. W. Clarke, Mr. Whitman Cross, Dr. J. S. Diller, Mr. 



B. K. Emerson. Mr. S. F. Emmons, Dr. W. F. Hillebrand, Dr. W. P. 

 Jenney, Mr. L. C. Johnson, Dr. W. H. :\Ielville, Dr. A. C. Peale. Prof! 

 S. L. Penticld, I'rof. I. C. llussell. and Dr. B. E. C. Stearns. 



Several large and interesting collections have been received from the 

 Department of Agriculture, its otliccrs.and persons officially connected 

 with it. A full report of the transmissions will be found in the list of 

 accessions. The names of the contributors of collections are given in 



