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report of the committee of the Institute dated January i, 

 1842. This report recites that "the entire collection is de- 

 posited in the upper rooms of the Patent Office; it con- 

 sists of: 1 



" Donations from foreign governments. 



" Donations from other institutions, foreign and domestic. 



"Donations from ministers and consuls abroad, and from 

 officers of our Army and Navy. 



" Donations from individuals and from members of the 

 Institution. The Iowa collection of mineralogical and geo- 

 logical specimens, made by R. D. Owen, Esquire, under the 

 direction of the Treasury Department. 



"The collection of mineralogical and geological specimens 

 which had been on deposit in the bureau of the Corps of 

 Topographical Engineers. 



"The collection of portraits of distinguished Indians, and 

 the collection of Indian curiosities which had been on deposit 

 in the War Department. 



"The minerals, books, papers, and personal effects of the 

 Smithsonian bequest. 



"The two shipments which have been received from the 

 exploring squadron, consisting of minerals, specimens of nat- 

 ural history, works of art, implements of war, and curiosities. 



"The books, minerals, and works of art belonging to the 

 late Columbian Institute. 



" The books, papers, and proceedings of the late American 

 Historical Society. 



" Cabinets and specimens, deposited by members in trust, 

 for public use." 



These collections, according to the same report, comprised 

 about 1000 books and pamphlets, 50 maps and charts, 500 

 castings in plaster (medals and seals), 186 paintings, about 

 1600 bird-skins, 160 skins of quadrupeds, 50 skins of fishes; 

 200 jars, 2 barrels, and 10 kegs of fishes, reptiles, etc., in 



1 Goode. " Genesis of the United States National Museum," page 347. 



