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2 1. [[triple underlined]] Important Accessions during 1883. [[/triple underlined]] There were 108 accessions during the year, of which 55 were gifts, 37 by Museum collectors, 13 by U.S. Fish Commission collectors, and 3 by exchange. [[double underlined]] Synopsis of the Accessions [[/double underlined]] Alabama 4 Arkansas 1 California 2 Chesapeake Bay 1 District of Columbia 4 Florida 4 Georgia 4 Indiana 1 Iowa 1 Louisiana 4 Maine 2 Massachusetts 8 [[curved arrow showing Maryland should be before Massachusetts]] (Maryland 3) Michigan 2 Minnesota 1 Mississippi River 1 Montana 2 New Jersey 2 New York 8 North Carolina 2 Ohio 2 Oregon 1 Pennsylvania 1 Potomac River 4 Puget Sound 1 Rhode Island 3 South Carolina 2 Tennessee 1 Texas 2 Virginia 4 Washington Territory 2 Wisconsin 1