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Bwreau of Navigation. — A collection of marine invertebrates made 

 toy the U. S. steamer Enterprise, in the South Pacific and Atlantic 

 Oceans, was transferred to the Museum. 



INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. 



U. S. General Land Office. — A large collection of minerals, ores, and 

 building stones, exhibited by this office at the New Orleans Exposition, 

 was, at the close of the exposition, transferred to the Museum. 



U. S. Geological Survey. — Numerous collections, large and small, were 

 received from the U. S. Survey, among which were the following : Miner- 

 als and rocks from California, Kentucky, New Mexico, North Carolina, 

 and Alabama ; silver ore from Nevada; a large collection of plants 

 from the Yellowstone National Park; birds' nests from Virginia; natu- 

 ral coke, furnace slag, reptiles; marine shells from Florida; fossil wood 

 and berries, and relics from Orangeburgh, S. C. ; stalagmite deposit, 

 containing bones of animals, from Cartersville, Ga., and collections of 

 Trenton, Devonian, Carboniferous, Silurian, and Ordovician fossils. 



There was also received a series of geological relief maps of Mount 

 Taylor, New Mexico ; Washoe district, Nevada ; Uinta and Wasatch 

 Mountains; Eureka district, Nevada; Leadville and vicinity; high 

 plateaus of Utah ; Elk Mountains (colored) ; Euby Hill Mines, Nevada 

 (model); Leadville (dissected); Henry Mountains, Utah. Topograph- 

 ical models of the Yosemite Valley, Yellowstone National Park, ancient 

 province of Tusayan. Models of the following mounds : Great Serpent ; 

 section of Little Etowah ; Pit of Nelson; Great Etowah; Linn, and 

 Great Elephant, five cliff ruin models and seven pueblo models. 



BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. 



From the Bureau of Ethnology were received a model of Wejegi, one 

 of the Chaco ruins, prepared under the direction of the Bureau, and 

 seventeen photographs of Osage and Ute Indians ; life-size busts of 

 " Prairie Chicken" and " Little Wolf," and some Zuni gods. Twenty- 

 two boxes of pottery, baskets, and blankets were also transmitted to the 

 Museum. 



GOVERNMENT ASYLUM FOR THE INSANE. 



Dr. W. W. Godding, Superintendent, sent a black bear. 



U. S. FISH COMMISSION. 



The material received from the Fish Commission consisted of collec- 

 tions of fishes, marine invertebrates, mollusks, reptiles, birtfs, mam- 

 mals, insects, oysters, porpoises, stone implements, bones, birds' nests 

 and eggs, rushes, etc. Mr. James E. Benedict, of the Fish Commission, 

 sent a carrying basket, obtained by him on Cozumel Island, and a water- 

 vessel from Old Providence Island. Col. Marshall McDonald sent sev- 

 eral large collections of fishes, reptiles, crayfishes, insects, fungi, marine 



