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from Mr. Ernst Moeckel, of Crookston, Minnesota; a pair of single- 

 barrel pistols of very fine workmanship, made by Crawley & Go., 

 London, from Capt. J. T. Ord, U. S. Army; a pair of line English 

 flintlock, silver-mounted pistols, captured during the War of the 

 Revolution, from Dr. C. W. Hickman", of Augusta, Georgia, and a 

 vest pocket pistol, from Mr. Paul Beekwith, of the National Museum. 



The General Electric Company, of Harrison, New Jersey, donated 

 a number of typical incandescent lamps, showing their development 

 during the past ten years. 



There have been several important additions to the collection 

 illustrating telegraphic invention and development, through the 

 courtesy of the Delaware and Hudson Company; the Western 

 Union Telegraph Company; Mr. A. E. Roome, superintendent of 

 telegraphs of the Southern Pacific Railroad; the U. S. Weather 

 Bureau; Col. William A. Glassford, U. S. Army; Mr. Edward L. 

 Morse, of Washington, District of Columbia, and Mrs. Columbia N. 

 Payne, daughter of Capt. O. W. Berryman, U. S. Navy, who made 

 the surveys between Newfoundland and Ireland for the first trans- 

 Atlantic cable. 



The division of graphic arts is chiefly indebted for its additions to 

 the contributions of foreign exhibitors at the Louisiana Purchase 

 Exposition, which are numerous and of great interest, but there lias 

 been no time as yet to classify and arrange them. The photographic 

 section obtained two pictures taken by Daguerre. 



Among the noteworthy accessions in ceramics were a very beauti- 

 ful and typical collection of glassware, prepared especially for the 

 Museum by Mr. Julian de Cordova, president of the Union Glass 

 Works at Somerville, Massachusetts; a large green vase of Teco 

 ware, of tasteful design and coloring, presented by the Gates Pot- 

 tery Company, of Chicago; several specimens of the pottery made 

 by the Van Briggle Pottery Company, of Colorado Springs; a collec- 

 tion of typical Japanese and Chinese porcelains and pottery ami of 

 Japanese lacquer work, lent by Mr. Harold I. Sewall, of Washington. 



There were 13 accessions in the division of medicine, and the collec- 

 tion of musical instruments was increased by 15 accessions. 



Of the 6 accessions in the division of historic religions, 1, con- 

 sisting of 165 objects of Jewish ceremonial, deposited by Hadji 

 Ephraim Benguiat, is especially noteworthy, both intrinsically and 

 artistically. With the collections previously lent by the same well- 

 known collector, the exhibit of Jewish ceremonial in the National 

 Museum is now unrivaled in completeness and artistic merit. 



The number of accessions to the collection of history amounted to 

 89, comprising 76S objects, mostly loans, many being of great value 

 and interest. Among those especially worthy of mention are per- 

 sonal military relics of the late Maj. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick, L T . S. 



