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continue archaeological research in the Delaware Valley, near 

 Trenton, N. J., were provided by him, and the results sent to the 

 Museum. He has also presented the Department a number of 

 casts made from large sculptures in the National Museum of 

 Mexico, and a complete set of the casts from America, Asia and 

 Polynesia, in the Ethnographical Museum of Berlin. To these 

 he has added casts from the moulds, owned by Mr. A. Maudslay, 

 of the large sculptured stone at the ancient ruins of Quirigua, 

 Guatemala, known as the " Great Turtle of Quirigua," a cast of 

 the largest of the stone idols at the same place, 27 feet in height, 

 and of a large stone of similar character from the ruins of Copan, 

 Honduras. 



The Duke also provided the means for securing a number of 

 casts of other large sculptures from Copan, from moulds belong- 

 ing to the Peabody Museum, and we are also indebted to him for 

 a large collection of objects obtained in Mexico and Guatemala 

 by Dr. Edward Seler. 



Mr. Francis C. Nicholas, General Manager of the South Ameri- 

 can Exploration Company, made an interesting collection of 

 archaeological material during his examination of the tract of 

 land belonging to this Company in the eastern portion of the 

 United States of Colombia. • The gift contains a number of speci- 

 mens of special interest from a region hardly known to the 

 archaeologist. 



Late in the year, forty-eight new water colors, painted by Mrs. 

 C. S. Sargent, were added to the Collection of North American 

 Forestry by the President; others will be contributed until the 

 collection is made complete. Sections of several new species of 

 trees, discovered during the year, were also added, and new maps 

 were prepared showing the geographical distribution of the trees. 



We are greatly indebted to Mr. Wm. Schaus, of Twickenham, 

 England, who has recently donated his collection of Old World 

 Moths, in all eight thousand specimens. Mr. Schaus is engaged 

 in identifying the species still in his possession, and upon the 

 completion of this work will send them to the Museum. 



The Trustees are also indebted to the Very Reverend Dr. 

 Eugene A. Hoffman, Dean of the General Theological Seminary 

 of this city. His interest in the Museum has induced him to 



