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Reference is made in another part of this report to the decease 
of the late Mr. Benjamin H. Field and Mr. Charles G. Landon. 
Through the death of these gentlemen the Trustees have lost two 
valued associates, whose services were always directed in the 
interest of the Museum. 
Forestry Collection. — A large section of Tideland Spruce 
and one of Douglas Fir have been added to this department 
through the kindness of Hon. W. F. Matlock, Pendleton, Oregon. 
Forty small sections of plank, and the same number of speci- 
mens showing bark, were also donated by the Japanese Commis- 
sioners. 
Both of these donations were a part of the Forestry exhibit of 
the late Columbian Exposition. 
Geological Department. — The usual work of labeling and 
cataloguing has been carried forward in the Palaeontological Col- 
lections. Many important additions were made to the Mineral 
Department. The large examples of Malachites, Azurites and 
Stalactites, the gift of the Copper Queen Consolidated Mining 
Company, are the most important and conspicuous objects in the 
department. 
Beautiful sections of Agatized Wood from Arizona were 
donated by the Hon. Seth Low, LL.D., President of Columbia 
College, and by N. W. Bell, Esq. 
A fine crystal of Beryl, and a boulder containing Chrysolite, 
were presented by Dr. O. P. Hubbard. 
Mr. J. Stanton, President of the Central Mining Company, 
Lake Superior, donated a large block of crystallized native copper. 
A group of rough moss Agates and Calcedony from Cuba, W. I., 
were given by Senor Lopez De Lara. 
A very rich specimen of crystallized silver from the Bland 
Mine, Richmond Basin, Arizona, has been added to this 
collection. This, and other showy material, was acquired by 
purchase. 
Conchological Collection. — This collection has been en- 
larged by the addition of material heretofore not displayed. 
