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North American fungi and large additions to the cryptogamic 

 flora of Michigan. 



Archeology and ethnology. Beal-Steere collection of arms, im- 

 plements, carpenters tools, musical instruments and idols of the 

 Chinese; many articles domestic and warlike used by North 

 American Indians and natives of the south Pacific islands; cloth- 

 ing of the American Indians, modern Peruvians, Formosans and 

 natives of the East Indies and Alaska; casts from Europe and 

 the Ohio mounds and pottery from the Cliff Dwellers of New 

 Mexico and Arizona received from the Smithsonian Institution; 

 the valuable collection made by the late Daniel De Pue, mostly 

 from Washtenaw county, Mich.; a fine collection of flint instru- 

 ments from Denmark and an extensive collection of Peruvian 

 burial pottery secured by the Beal-Steere expedition. 



The Frederick Stearns collection of musical instruments con- 

 sists of 1400 pieces (no duplicates) representing nearly all 

 types of instruments of all nations and ages, collected with 

 reference to its educational value as illustrating the evolution 

 of the modern types. 



The Chinese exhibit of the New Orleans cotton exposition 



illustrative of the culture and manufacture of cotton and its use 



in garments , native-made household furniture, and house and 



garden pottery. 



MINNESOTA 



Carleton college, Northfield. L. W, Chaney, professor of biology, 

 in charge. 



Paleontology. 12,000 specimens: Cambrian, Silurian and Coal 

 Measures. 



Mineralogy. 2000 specimens. 



Zoology. 1000 specimens: for class use only. 



Gustavus Adolphus college, St Peter. J. A. Edquist, curatory 

 in charge. 



Paleontology. 1000 specimens: general collection of 300 Silu- 

 rian and Carboniferous; special collection representing Cretace- 

 ous and Jurassic flora and fauna of Laramie plains, Wyoming; 

 left femur of Brontosaurus, 75 inches in length. Some material 

 for exchange. 



