REPORT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 99 



ISLANDS IN THE INDIAN 0(JEAN. 



Ceylon. — Front Mr. A. P. Gordon-Oiimmiiig, of Wiisliiugtoii, D. C, 

 was received a feather liead-dress made by the Oiiighalese. 



From Prof. Henry A. Ward, of New York City, was received in ex- 

 change a specimen of Kehiart's Moukey {SeninopithicHs Jcelaartii). 



^^al(^•ifh^s. — From Mr. Edward H. Schmid, of Washington, D. C, was 

 received n Monntaiii dove [Gropelia ■setriafa). 



From theKoyal Mnseumof l!^atural History, Berlin, Germany, was re- 

 ceived in exchange a coUection of ecliinoderms. This collection Avas 

 also obtained in part from the Kerguelen and Philipi)ine Islands. 



AITSTRIA-HUXGAKY. 



From Mr. H. J. Johnston-Lavis, of Xaples, Italy, were received in 

 exchange specimens of minerals from Tyrol. 



DKXMAKK. 



From Dr. (J. A. N^orton, of Washington, I). C, was received a pair of 

 fire-tongs brought to the United States in 1792, which were originally 

 used for transporting coals of fire from one house to another. 



From Mr. Henry Balfour, of Oxford, England, were received in ex- 

 change 2 iron lamps used by bakers for lighting ovens and a spoon 

 made of a pecten shell, and commonly used by the fishing people on 

 the southern coast of Brittany. 



From Mr. Charles G-indriez, director of the museum at Chalon-sur- 

 Saone, was received in exchange through Mr. John Durand, of Paris, 

 an impression from a heliograph '' Portrait of Cardinal Amboise," ft'om 

 an engraving by Biiot, madi^ by Mr. Joseph if icephore Niepce in 1824. 



Mr. Henry Balfour, of Oxford, England, transmitted in exchange a 

 model of a shell lamp and a French crusie, of brass, from I^ormandy. 



Prince Roland Bonaparte, of Paris, presented photogra[)lis of Soma- 

 lis and of Hottentots. 



The Department of State, through Hon. William Wharton, assist- 

 ant secretary, transmitted 2 medals awarded to the Cxovernment of the 

 United States for its exhibits at the late Paris International Exhibition, 

 and 2 dijilomas awarded to the United States from the same source. 



Mr. George H. Draper, of Paris, France, through Mr. D. S. Lawson 

 and Hon. J. W. Candler, presented an account-book of the Royal 

 Treasurer under Louis xv, signed by Louis xvi, March 28, 1780. 



From Mr. Joseph Francis, of Minneapolis, was received a silver 

 medal ])resented to him l)y the Socicte Generale des Kaufrages, in rec- 

 ognition of his services in connection Avith life-saving appliances. 



Dr. Hilborn T. Cresson, of Philadelphia, Pa., deposited 5 Hint objects 

 from the cavern of Le Moustier. 



