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i.i'liiof these 15,000 are building or ornamental stones, of which 1,658 

 arc !ion\ on exhibition; 800 more are dressed and can be placed on exhi- 

 bition as soon as space and cases are provided. The Dumber of speci- 

 mens iu the duplicate series cannot be accurately estimated, bu1 will 

 probably not van far from 3,000, making a total of L8,000 specimens tor 

 the whole collection. 



The following list gives the collection of building and ornamental 

 stones in detail, the majority of the specimens being of sufficient size 

 to dress into 4-inch cubes, or at least to give a finished surface l Inches 

 square : 



Oregon 6 



Pennsylvania 331 



UNITED STA U.S. 



19 



9 



6 



46 



65 



109 



5 



5 



3 



15 



7 



2 



Ill 



99 



195 



192 



93 



127 



226 



109 



30 



108 



158 



9 



8 



New Hampshire 106 



Alabama 



Arkansas 



Arizona 



< alifornia 



Colorado 



( lonneetiont 



Dakota 



I via ware 



District of Columbia. 



Florida 



I leorgia 



Idaho 



Illinois 



Indiana 



Iowa 



Kansas 



Kentucky 



Maine 



Massachusetts 



Maryland 



Michigan 



Minnesota 



Missouri 



Montana 



Nebraska 



Rhode Island 



Tennessee 



Texas 



Utah 



Vermont 



Virginia 



West Virginia 



Washington Territory 



Wisconsin 



Wyoming 



FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



42 



127 

 48 



13 



220 



72 



17 



4 

 *9 



6 



_\rw Jersey 



New Mexico 



New York 



Nevada 



North Carolina 

 Ohio , 



133 

 17 

 274 

 8 

 125 

 314 



Bermuda 15 



Canada 17 



China 1 



Egypt 10 



France 4 



Germany 4 



Greece 2 



Ireland 1 



Italy 89 



.la pan 50 



Mexico 16 



New Brunswick 5 



New South Wales 20 



Portugal 154 



Russia 21 



Scotland 24 



Turkey 2 



Total 4,246 



Of the collections now on exhibition the following may be noted as 

 of especial Interest : 



Fourteen hundred specimens of building and ornamental stones of 

 the United States. These are nearly all in the form of 4-inch cubes, 



prepared as already described. A part are, however, in foot cubes, and 

 a lew others of I still larger size. 



