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arranged.. The collection is particularly rich in fossil plants of 

 the upper Coal Measures. 



Mineralogy. 2500 specimens: a general collection for purposes 

 of illustration in lectures and class work; rich in silicifications 

 from Colorado and ores of silver and copper from Tombstone 

 Ariz. 



Historic and economic geology. 1000 specimens: collections dis- 

 tributed from the United States geological survey and the sec- 

 ond, geologic survey of Pennsjdvania; a series collected in Con- 

 necticut and Massachusetts; and specimens illustrating the 

 formations of several mines belonging to the Anaconda mining 

 company in Montana. 



Zoology. 2000 specimens exclusive of duplicates : a systematic 

 collection of the marine invertebrates and fishes of southern 

 New England; tropical' shells and corals; two collections of 

 fresh-water shells; and a number of skeletons and other material 

 for classroom illustration. 



Botany. 500 specimens exclusive of duplicates: 110 species 

 of phanerogams from northern India, 108 from Indiana and a 

 number from Connecticut; an incomplete series of phanerogams 

 and ferns from western Pennsylvania; 130 species of the mosses 

 of western Pennsylvania collected and identified by Prof. Linn 

 and Prof. Simonton of the college. 



Ethnology. 800 specimens: material illustrating the industries, 

 products and particularly the religious customs of the people of 

 China, Japan, India, Siam, etc.; a collection from the tribes 

 along the west coast of Africa; pottery etc. from Alaska and 

 New Mexico. 



Westminster college, New- Wilmington. No report. 



RHODE ISLAND 



Brown university, Jenks museum of zoology. Providence. A. D. 

 Mead, curator. 



Paleontology. 10,000 specimens: a small general collection of 

 fossils; an exhaustive series of the fossils from the Carboniferous 

 formations of Rhode Island. Duplicates for exchange. 



Mineralogy. A general collection of 5000 specimens. Mate- 

 rial for exchange. 



