The principal gifts have been a series of fine stone 

 implements of Ireland, presented by Mr. T. W. U. Rob- 

 inson, of Durham, England ; insignia and ornaments of 

 Chinese officials, presented by Hon. Geo. B. Glover; 

 three models of cliff dwellings in Colorado, by a mem- 

 ber of the Board ; a small collection of rare stone im- 

 plements from New York State, and some collected by 

 Dr. C. C. Abbott in New Jersey, presented by Mr. 

 James Muhlenberg Bailey. 



From the estate of the late Dr. A. Habel we have re- 

 ceived 50 specimens terra cotta vases and figures from 

 San Salvador and Peru. 



Many rare implements have been added to the 

 Sturgis Collection, and Mr. G. L. Feuardent has de- 

 posited three cases full of stone and bronze implements 

 and pottery from the different Swiss Lakes, and bones 

 and implements of stone from the Dordogne Caves, in 

 Southern France, obtained from the Marquis de Vibray, 

 the whole forming a most interesting series, because it 

 supplements the unique collection from the Somme Val- 

 ley, deposited by the President of the Board. 



In the Geological department the work of opening 

 the duplicate fossils of the Hall Collection has been 

 completed, and they have been arranged in drawers in 

 the attic story. In the Exhibition Hall the collections 

 have been examined and the duplicate material selected 

 therefrom, commencing with the Archaean formation to 

 the Chemung group of the Devonian age inclusive. The 

 specimens have been zoologically arranged under 26 

 geological formations, and under 35 geographical areas, 

 and the number which remains for exhibition up to the 

 Chemung is 52,298, each one of which has been separ- 

 ately and carefully examined. Of these, the typical 

 and figured specimens number 5,265, most of which are 



