Oct.  1896. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Director. 
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NEW  BRUNSWICK  SOCIETY  OF  NATURAL  HISTORY,  St.  Johns,  \  .  B. 
24  specimens  of  Devonian  fossil  plants  in  slate — Fern  Ledges,  St.  Johns, 
N.  B.,  (exchange). 
NICHOLS,  H.  W.,  Field  Columbian  Museum. 
Specimen  of  free  gold  in  quartz— Nova  Scotia,  (loan). 
NORIEGA,  PEDRO  DE  LA,  Ameca,  Mexico. 
3  specimens  of  Sulphur — Popocatepetl,  Mexico. 
OROZCO,  PABLO,  Guanajuato,  Mexico. 
8   specimens  of  Calcite,  Quartz,   Silver,  Argentite,   etc. — Guanajuato, 
Mexico,  (exchange). 
PECK,  P.  P.,  Joplin,  Mo. 
Large  cluster  of  crystallized  Calcite,  2  specimens  of  single  crystals  of 
Calcite,  2  specimens  of  crystallized  Galena — Joplin,  Mo.,  (exchange). 
PENFIELD,  PROF.  S.  L.,  New  Haven,  Conn. 
8  specimens  of  rare  minerals. 
REED,  LIEUT.  HUGH  T.,  Chicago. 
2  pieces  of  glacial  bowlder — Chicago,  (for  examination). 
RODRIGUEZ,  FIDENCIO,  City  of  Mexico. 
1  specimen  of  Hornblende- Andesite — Tlapacays,  Mexico. 
1  specimen  of  Olivine-Basalt — Ixtapalapa,  Mexico. 
1  specimen  of  Polybasite — Zacatecas,  Mexico. 
1  specimen  of  Sulphur — Popocatepetl,  Mexico. 
RUST,  HORATIO  N.,  South  Pasadena,  Cal. 
Specimen  of  supposed  meteoric  iron. 
SAFFORD,  J.  M.,  Nashville,  Tenn. 
3  casts  of  teeth  of  Petalodus  Ohioensis. 
SHEAHAN,  THOMAS,  Batavia,  111. 
26  specimens  of  Calymene  Blumenbachii,  var.  Niagarensis,  with  speci- 
mens of  pyrite  and  chert — Chicago  Drainage  Canal. 
SNYDER,  WM.  ALBERT,  Chicago. 
15  specimens  of  septaria  and  fossiliferous  pebbles. — Glen  Pier,  Mich. 
SPALTLDING,  GEO.  H.,  Marion,  Ind. 
3  specimens  of  chert  and  pyrite  concretions,  (for  examination). 
SYEGE,  A.  E.  J.,  Field  Columbian  Museum. 
1  specimen  of  Baculites — Medicine  Hat,  Assiniboia. 
THOMPSON,  E.  H.,  Merida,  Yucatan. 
Specimen  of  limestone — Yucatan,  (for  examination). 
ULLERICK,  DR.  C.  A.,  Chicago. 
1  specimen  of  siliceous  oolite. 
Fragment  of  a  Ganoid — Colorado,  (for  examination). 
U.  S.  NATIONAL  MUSEUM,  Washington,  D.  C. 
1  crystal  of  Triplite — Stoneham,  Me.,  (for  examination). 
WATTLES^,  JUNIUS  H.,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 
1  specimen  of  geode  containing  Siderite  and  Dolomite — Kansas  City,  Mo. 
WELLER,  S.,  University  of  Chicago. 
5  casts  of  type  specimens  of  Petalocrinus  miralnlis — Iowa. 
WERTHY,  WM.,  Sailor  Springs,  111. 
2  specimens  Hornblende  Granite  and  Galena,  (for  examination). 
WILLIAMS,  T.  B.,  Chicago. 
1  basket  Tallow  clay  and  associated  chert  and  limestone — Reynolds 
Co.,  Mo.,  (for  examination). 
DEPARTMENT  OF  HISTORY. 
(Accessions  are  by  gift  unless  otherwise  designated.) 
CURTIS,  WM.  E.,  Washington,  D.  C. 
2  photographs  of  Columbus  Monument,  Mayaguez,  Puerto  Rico. 
DALE,  JOHN  T.,  Chicago. 
Gun  originally  owned  by  Ethan  Allen,  Revolutionary  General. 
