124 REPORT Op NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891. 



kSevci al collectioji.s have, iudeed, been already obtained as a result of 

 the arrangement. Messrs. Dresel and Ackerman, the two ensigns as- 

 signed to the Smithsonian Institution, who were detailed by the Secre- 

 tary of tlie Mavy to accompany t)ie Yantic on her voyage to Lady 

 Franklin Bay in search of the (irecly party, secured very valuable 

 representations of the ethnology and natural history of tliat region. 

 These have been turned over to the Museum and incorporated in the 

 collections. Ensign J. B. Bernadou, who was ordered to Corea in 1S83 

 for the i)urpose of ])ro.secuting explorations under the direction of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, forwarded a large and valuable collection of 

 ethnological and zoological specimens, many of which were entirely 

 new to the Museum. An interesting series of ethnological and natural 

 history objects has been received from Lieut. W. E. Safford. Lieut. A. 

 P. Nildack, during a cruise upon the Alaskan coast in LS8S, secured an 

 extensive representation of the ethnology and zoology of that region, 

 and obtained material for an elaborate report upon the coast Indians 

 of Soutlu^rn Alaska and Northern British Colund)ia, which ^vas pub- 

 lished in the Eeport of the National Museum for 1888. 



When Commander F. M. Green was detailed to determine the longi- 

 tudes of points in the Pacific Ocean, he invited the cooperation of the 

 Smithsonian Institution in making his work productive in results in 

 natural history as well as in i)hysical science. Through his efforts a 

 large amount of valuable material was secured, and the Government 

 authorities at Tokio and the officers of the Natural History Museum at 

 Shanghai were induced to contribute collections to the Museum. 



In November, 1885, Lieut. T. Dix Bolles was detailed for service in 

 the National Museum by the Secretary of the Navy, aiul was assigned 

 to the department of ethnology. He rendered valuable service in the 

 classification and arrangement of the Eskimo collections, which he com- 

 pleted in 1888, when, to the regret of the Museum, he was recalled by 

 the Navy Department and assigned to active duty. 



The Secretary of the Navy also rendered important service by detail- 

 ing the U. S. S. Mohican to bring to the United States a. collection of 

 stone images and arclneological objects from Easter Islands, liear- 

 Admiral Kimberly, of the Navy, forwarded a number of valuable eth- 

 nological specimens i)resented to the United States Government by 

 Malietoa, Mataafa, and other Sanioan chiefs. 



The scientific work of tlie United States Naval Observatory has nat- 

 urally brought about an affiliation with the Smithsonian Institution, 

 and this cooi)eration has been effective in connection with the trans- 

 mission of astronomical discoveries by telegraph. The Institution is 

 indebted to the Superintendent of the Observatory for the recei])t of 

 telegraphic time at noon of each day, and a clock has been supplied, 

 fitted up under the diiection of the Observatoiy, by which the Observ- 

 atory corrects aberrations in time. 



Dr. James M. Flint and Dr. H. G. Beyer, (»f the Navy, have rendered 



