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2 of gold, and 2 silver figures(human).  In addition:1 small terra-cotta head from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico.

[[underline]]Eugene A. Smith, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.-[[/underline]] Casts of animal-shaped pipe and of engraved stone plate, from Hale County,and of scraper-like implement,from Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.  The originals, on exhibition at the University of Alabama, were loaned, with other specimens, through the agency of Mr. Smith, and the casts made in the National Museum. The material of the pipe is pale-gray limestone, and that of the engraved plate, gray sandstone with particles of mica.  Both were found near [[strikethrough]]the[[/strikethrough]] mounds at Carthage.  The scraper-like implement is also composed of gray sandstone with mica, and was found in Tuscaloosa County.

[[underline]] Frank Burns, Blountville, Blount County, Alabama.-[[/underline]] Collections received during the past year:1 large stone mortar, found fifty years ago in a creek, five miles from Blount's Springs, Blount County, Alabama.- Collection from Blount and Winston Counties, Alabama: Arrow and spear-heads, celts, grooved axes, hammer-stones, discoidal stones, paint-mortar, paint-stones, hematite sinker, fragments of potstone vessels, and of pottery, silver ornament(probably Spanish), and human and animal bones.- Collection (surface-finds), from Blount and Colbert Counties Alabama;