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To officers of the United States Navy this department is indebted for several valuable contributions.  Lieut. J. F. Moser, in command of the Coast Survey steamer Blake, has forwarded a large tank of alcoholic preparations, dredge in depths of 10 to 20 feet of water, in the neighborhood of Cedar Keys, Florida. Ensign W. E. Safford formerly attached to the National Museum and Fish Commission, and now of the U.S.S. Mohican, has recently sent from San Francisco, Cal., an interesting assortment of specimens, mostly secured at the surface of the water by