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2. Name, in the order of their importance, the accessions of the year which deserve [[underlined]] special notice [[/underlined]], and state in each case whether given, lent, received in exchange or purchased.

Among the accessions the following may be mentioned as especially valuable for study and comparison. 1. Gift of Doctor W. L. Abbott, from Trong in Lower Siam, 121 specimens and from the Malay Archipelago, 12 specimens. 2. A small collection from Dakota and the Northern boundary, gift from the estate of the late [[strikethrough]] Captain [[/strikethrough]] ^[[Major]] C. E. Bendire. 3. Through the generosity of Mrs. Bourke all of the ethnological objects, that were not personal souvenirs of Captain John G. Bourke, have been given to the Museum. 4. From the Bureau of Ethnology, 233 specimens brought in by Mrs. Matilda C. Stevenson, and other small collections through Professor W J Mc.Gee, Mr. Marcus Baker and Mr. James Mooney. 5. Lt. Calkins, U. S. N., 37 specimens from Shanghai, China, purchased. 6. The Canterbury Museum in New Zealand, 16 specimens in exchange. 7. Honorable John Daggett of California, 18 photographs of Klamath Indians in exchange. 8. Doctor J. Walter Fewkes, 108 specimens of general ethnological interest from the Moki pueblos, gift. 9. Gift of 20 specimens from A. E. Hippisley, China. 10. E. W. Nelson 242 specimens from Alaska, purchased. 
11. Doctor Edward Palmer 94 specimens from Durango, Mexico, purchased. 12. Through the Honorable W. W. Rockhill, Assist. Secr'y of State, excellent small collections of photographs and other material have been received from Consuls in Korea and the far East, Gift. 13. Through Miss E. R. Scidmore 172 photographs secured during her trip around the World, gift. 14. B. W. Snyder, 85 specimens from Africa, exchange. 15. Through J. W. Stranahan, a good general collection from the Seminole Indians of Florida, purchased. 16. From Miss M. A. Tribolet, 22 specimens from Burma, gift. ^[[(See Mooney, Ans. 6.)]]

As regards [[strikethrough]] to [[/strikethrough]] the scientific value of this material, a great deal of it was collected under the direction of this Curator for the