48 EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1890. 



South Dakota. Dakota Agricultural College, Brookings: Minerals (set 5). Gift. 

 (D. 0189.) 

 South Dakota Normal School, Madison: Minerals (set 6). Gift. (D. 6190.) 

 Dakota University. Mitchell: Minerals (set 35). Gift. (D. 6229.) Marine in- 

 vertebrates (series IV, set 167). Gift. (D. 6300.) 

 Pierre University, Pierre: Minerals (set 27). Gift. (D. 6216.) 

 Kedfield College, Eedfield: Minerals (set 7). Gift. (D. 6191.) 

 University of South Dakota, Vermillion : Minerals (set 48). Gift. (D. 6340.) 

 Tennessee. University of Tennessee, Knoxville: Minerals (set 11). Gift. (D. 6195.) 

 Sweetwater Female Institute, Sweetwater : Miuerals (set 12). Gift. (D. 6196.) 

 Texas. University of Texas, Austin: Minerals (set 28). Gift. (D. 6217.) 



State Agricultural and Mechanical College, College Station : Minerals (set 13). 

 Gift. (D. 6197.) 

 Vermont. Brattleboro Society of Natural History, Brattleboro : Minerals (set 40). 

 Gift. (D. 6261.) 

 Ira R. Allen, Fair Haven : Minerals (145 specimens) in exchange. (D. 6286.) 

 Virginia. Emory and Henry College, Emory: Minerals (set 17). Gift. (D. 6202.) 

 Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute, Petersburgh : Minerals (set 19). Gift. 

 (D. 6204.) 

 Wisconsin. Lawrence University, Appleton : Marine invertebrates (series iv, set 156). 

 Gift. (D. 5986.) 

 Elkhorn High School, Elk Horn : Minerals (set 21). Gift. (D. 6210.) 

 University of Wisconsin, Madison : One box of Cambrian fossils. Gift. (D.5998.) 

 Marine invertebrates (series iv, set 160). Gift. (D. 6193.) Minerals (set 3). 

 Gift. (D. 6184.) 

 State Normal School, Milwaukee : Minerals (set 41). Gift. (D. 6282.) 

 Public School, Palmyra : Minerals (set 10). Gift. (D. 6194.) 

 Wyoming. Public School of Cheyenne, Cheyenne: Minerals (set 44). Gift. (D. 

 6291.) 



Storage. 



During the year there were entered upon the temporary storage- 

 records of the Museum 3G1 boxes. 



There were removed from storage and turned over to the officers of 

 the Museum 119 boxes, to be opened and worked iuto the collections of 

 the Museum. 



LIBRARY. 



Mr. John Murdoch, librarian, has furnished the following statement 

 concerning the operations of the library. 



The total number of publications added to the library during the 

 year was 12,437 (1,479 volumes of more than 100 pages, 2,250 pamph- 

 lets, 8,G72 parts of regular serials, and 36 charts). Of these, 785 vol- 

 umes, 1,010 pamphlets, and G,900 parts of serials were retained for the 

 use of the Museum from the accessions of the Smithsonian Institution. 

 The remainder were obtained, as usual, by gift, exchange, aud purchase. 



The only notable gift to the library during the year was from the 

 Wagner Free Institute of Science, in Philadelphia, consisting of a 

 nearly complete set of Kiener's " Icpnographie des Coquilles vivantes," 

 with magnificent colored plates. The Lea collection, referred to in the 

 last report, has been duly entered and catalogued. 



