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registered, the services and unique collection of Mr. Heli Chatelain, for 

 a long time missionary on the west coast of Africa, were secured. 



Growing out of the public interest in Samoan affairs the Museum ac- 

 quired collections made by Admiral Kimberly, TJ. S. Navy, and Ensign 

 W. E. Safford. The former was sent by Mataafa and Malietoa, chiefs 

 of Samoa, to the U. S. Navy Department. 



Following up the plan pursued by Lieutenant Bolles with the Eskimo 

 collection and by Ensign Niblack with the northwest collection, the for 

 mer, aided by Mr. William Churchill, has brought together into a single 

 court the specimens from the region commonly called Oceanica, includ 

 iug several well-marked types of the Papuan, the Negrite, the Malay 

 the Polynesian and the Australian. 



The recent collections brought to the Museum by expeditions to Sa 

 moa, added to the treasures secured fifty years ago by Captain Wilkes 

 enable the curator to make a fair showing of this part of the world 

 Lay figures representing the Papuan, the Dyak, and the Samoan, in 

 native dress, have very much added to the attractiveness of the hall. 



From the Sandwich Islands the Museum acquired photographs and 

 specimens, the gift of Mrs. Sybil Carter, wife of the Hawaiian minister. 

 These are of great value, because of the familiarity of Mrs. Carter with 

 the aboriginal customs of the islands. 



Dr. H. N. Allen, court physician to the King of Corea, deposited in 

 the Museum his rich collection from that kingdom. Many of these 

 objects were presented by the King and show the best art-skill of the 

 country. This royal gift and Ensign Bernadou's collection give an ex- 

 cellent picture of Corean life. 



The Hupa Valley, California, is represented by two collections, one 

 made by Mr. N. J. Purcell, and the other by Mr. Jeremiah Curtin. 

 They admirably supplement the great collection made by Capt. P. H. 

 Bay, U. S. Army. 



Dr. George M. Kober, U. S. Army, gave a number of specimens from 

 Idaho and Washington, regions not so fully illustrated in the Museum 

 as the States farther south. 



The collection of Navajo silver work, on which Dr. Washington Mat- 

 thews, U. S. Army, based his paper in the Third Annual Keport of the 

 Bureau of Ethnology, has been acquired and will be set up to illustrate 

 his monographs. 



Through the Interior Department a large series from Washington, 

 collected by Rev. E. C. Chirouse, was received. The specimens are old 

 and genuine Indian work of the greatest value. 



Mr. W. W. Bockhill deposited in the Museum the ethnological re- 

 sults of his second Thibetan exploration. The collection consists of 

 many unique specimens illustrating the customs of the Chinese, Mon- 

 gols Si Fan, and Thibetans. Mr. Bockhill also deposited a collection of 

 foreign weapons and Chinese art-enamel work in the Museum, and 



