Oct.  1897. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Director, 
211 
MURDOCK,  M.  M.,  Wichita,  Kan. 
2  supposed  meteorite  specimens,  (for  examination). 
MCLAUGHLIN,  HAROLD  M.,  Mason  City,  Iowa. 
406  specimens  of  Devonian  fossils,  representing  32  distinct  species — 
— Hackberry  Grove  and  Mason  City,  Iowa,  (exchange ). 
XORCROSS  BROTHERS,  Boston,  Mass. 
1  specimen  of  granite  from  Norcross  Bros,  quarries  at  Stony  Creek,  Conn. 
1  four-inch  cube  of  sandstone  from  the  Kibbie  Quarry,  East  Longmeadow, 
Mass. 
1  four-inch  cube  of  sandstone  from  the  Maynard  Quarry,  East  Long- 
meadow,  Mass. 
XAGELVOORT,  J.  B.,  Chicago,  111. 
2  specimens  of  volcanic  ashes — Island  of  Java. 
NELSON,  C.  N.,  Bayneville,  Sedgwick  Co.,  Kansas. 
1  specimen  of  supposed  meteorite,  (for  examination). 
PEEK,  W.  H.,  Chicago,  111. 
1  specimen  of  white  feldspar  from  vein  Granite — New  Hampshire. 
PLATT,  REGINALD,  Fort  Bayard,  N.  M. 
1  specimen  erosion  form  of  sandstone. 
RICKERT,  ELIZABETH,  Madison,  Ind. 
1  fragment  of  supposed  meteorite,  (for  examination). 
SMITH,  HARMON  B.,  Jamesport,  Mo. 
1  specimen  of  salts  from  mineral  water,  (for  examination  1. 
SPAULDING,  GEO.  H.,  National  Military  Home,  Marion,  Ind. 
1  fossil  bone,  (for  examination). 
TAYLOR,  WM.,  Rock  Creek.  Wyo. 
1  piece  of  mineral  soap. 
1  specimen  of  underlying  rock. 
U.  S.  NATIONAL  MUSEUM,  Washington,  D.  C. 
4  specimens  of  Lava — Hawaiian  Islands,  (exchange). 
1  specimen  of  Stalagmite— Georgia,  (exchange). 
1  specimen  of  Onyx  marble — Arizona,  (exchange). 
1  specimen  of  Onyx  marble — Lower  California,  (exchange). 
1  specimen  of  Apatite — Norway,  (exchange). 
1  specimen  of  Williamsite — Pennsylvania,  (exchange). 
4  specimens  of  Marble—New  South  Wales,  (exchange). 
1  specimen  of  Serpentine — Maryland,  (exchange). 
1  specimen  of  Pyraxene — New  Jersey,  (exchange). 
1  specimen  of  Pyraxene — New  Mexico,  (exchange). 
6  specimens  of  building  stone — United  States,  (exchange,). 
VERMONT  MARBLE  CO.,  Proctor,  Vt. 
4  slabs,  gx  16  inches,  illustrating  varieties  of  Marble. 
WARD,  PROF.  H.  A.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
1  section  of  ballinoo — West  Australia  Meteorite,  (exchange). 
WESTGATE,  LEWIS  G.,  Evanston,  111. 
1  specimen  of  hexagonite — Edwards,  St.  Lawrence  Co.,'N.  Y. 
WILLIAMS,  T.  B.,  Chicago,  111. 
Clay — Reynolds  Co.,  Mo.,  (for  examination). 
WRITT,  HENRY,  Kidder,  Mo. 
1  horn  core  of  fossil  Elk — Capron,  Boone  Co.,  111. 
DEPARTMENT  OF  HISTORY. 
(Accessions  are  by  gift  unless  otherwise  designated.) 
CLARKE'S  PYRAMID  &  FAIRY  LIGHT  CO.,  London.  England. 
1  copy  of  the  London  Times,  Nov.  9,  1796,  with  account  of  the  address 
made  by  Washington  on  his  resignation  from  Presidency. 
