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deposits are constantly being received from the Department of State, sent by the consular representatives of the government in various parts of the world. The Solvay Process Co. of Syracuse has presented a very full line of products illustrating the manufacturer of soda from common salt.  Other valuable additions to the Chemical collections have been promised & can be secured whenever they are desired. 

Two very valuable collections made by myself among the Ainos of Japan, are on the way from that country, but owing to delays in shipment they are not yet 

Transcription Notes:
"Ainos" should be Ainu, but I left it as written.--thomasc