46 REPORT OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1888. 



Sixty-four photographs of cases and exhibits were sent out in compli- 

 ance with requests. Fifty-three applications for duplicate specimens 

 have been received from individuals and institutions. Many of these 

 have been filled and the remainder will be, as soon as the duplicate 

 material can be pranged into sets for distribution. 



A large number of exchanges of material of all kinds, especially 

 geological specimens, has been completed during the year. 



The National Museum takes this opportunity of extending its warm- 

 est thanks to the Alaska Commercial Company and other companies 

 through whose kind oflQces the transportation of specimens has been 

 effected at various times during the year. 



FOREIGN EXCHANGES. 



Several exchanges with foreign institutions have been carried on dur- 

 ing the year. Among the more important the following may be men- 

 tioned : 



A model of the Cabin Creek meteorite was sent to M. A.Daubree, of the 

 Museum d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, and other models and photographs 

 will be sent later. To S. H. Drew, Wanganui, New Zealand, was trans- 

 mitted a collection of ethnological objects, and from him was received a 

 collection of fossils. A small collection of archaeological objects, number- 

 ing fifteen specimens, was transmitted to L. Guesde, Musee L'Herminier, 

 Point a Pitre, from whom was received a collection of birdskins, num- 

 bering three hundred and twenty-eight specimens. A collection of one 

 hundred and forty-one North American stone implements was sent in 

 December to Sir Julius Yon Haast, director of the Canterbury Museum, 

 Christ Church, New Zealand. From Dr. E. Hamy, director of the Mu- 

 see d'Ethnographie, in Paris, were received in exchange two boxes con- 

 taining busts representing types of the human race. A collection 

 of thirty-six specimens illustrating American aboriginal religion was 

 sent to M. L de Milloue, director of the Musee Guimet at Lyons. In 

 exchange, specimens of Eoman pottery and objects of Gallo-Eoman in- 

 terest in bone, stone, and bronze, as well as duplicates of Chinese and 

 Japanese religious objects, have been promised. An exchange of bats 

 has been arranged for with Siguor Angelo Senna, of the Zoological In- 

 stitute at Pavia, Italy. A collection of minerals, ores, and rocks was 

 received from Mr. S. Sinclair, director of the Australian Museum, Syd- 

 ney, New South Wales. Birdskins, including two specimens of Natniye's 

 Woodpecker, specimens of lacquer- work, meteoric stones, sapphire crys- 

 tals, and a saddle from Loochoo, have been received from the Educa- 

 tional Department, Tokyo, Japan, and a collection of one hundred and 

 seventeen birdskins has been sent in exchange. 



Negotiations are still pending for exchanges of material with several 

 other individuals and institutions. 



