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among which are views of the Carp pond, a Pima Indian woman engaged 

 in weaving, a Madagascar woman, and a sketch of a Mexican Indian. He 

 also colored photographs of eleven Winnebago, thirty Apache, and 

 twelve Sac and Fox Indians, and also a photograph of an Indian 

 priestess. 



Twelve life-size casts of Ute Indians were painted, and a pen-and-ink 

 copy made of a painting of Japanese fishery. Six large casts of grind- 

 ing stones were painted in oil, and a cast of an ancient plate painted in 

 gold. He also made a chart of the spectrum, and sketches illustrating 

 the mechanism of the voice for the lecture room. 



Preparator in the Department op Arts and Industries. 



Mr. E. H. Hawley has devoted the greater portion of his time to the 

 preparation of material for exhibition. Among the more important 

 collections which he has installed during the year were the " Grant 

 relics," and a large number of Japanese and Chinese objects received from 

 Dr. D. B. McCartee, which have all been mounted and placed on exhi- 

 bition. A considerable number of pictures for the section of Steam 

 Transportation and the department of Lithology, as well as a large col- 

 lection of photographs from the British Museum, were mounted in folding 

 screens. In addition he has prepared for exhibition many smaller col- 

 lections and detached objects and prepared manuscript for labels. 



ACCESSIONS. 



The total number of accessions to the Museum during the year was 

 1,646. 



A table showing the number of accessions to the Museum each year, 

 beginning with 1881, is here given : 



Year. 



Accession d umbers 

 (inclusive). 



Accessions. 



1881 



1882 



1883 



1884 



1885 (January to June) 



1885-'86 



1886-'87 



.9890-11000 

 11001-12500 

 12501-13900 

 13901-15550 

 15551-16208 

 16209-17704 

 17705-19350 



Total since 1881 



1,111 



1,500 

 1,400 

 1,650 

 658 

 1,496 

 1,646 



9,461 



The first entry in the accession book bears the date of January 1, 

 1859, although considerable material had been received before that time. 

 From these figures it will therefore be seen that the accessions of the 

 past six years and a half nearly equal the total number received during 

 the previous 22 years. An " accession " may include hundreds of 

 specimens. 



