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[[underline]] J.B. Aldrich, Memphis, Tennessee. [[/underline]] _1 New Zealand war-club (patoo-patoo), said to have been found in a mound in Bent County, Colorado. Original loaned, and cast made in the National Museum. This specimen is identical in material and shape with a New Zealand war-club in the collection of the National Museum, and belongs to the class of so-called "intrusive relics", sometimes found in this country.

[[underline]] Trocadero Museum, Paris, France. [[/underline]] _Collection of large casts taken by M. Desire Charmay from sculptures in Mexico and Central America. The importance of this collection hardly can be overstated.

[[underline]] J. G. Howell, U.S. Navy. [[/underline]] _1 tomb-stone from the plains of Troy.

[[underline]] Charles J. Turner, Brunswick, Chariton County, Missouri. [[/underline]] _Collection from Chariton, Linn, Saline, Boone, and Howard Counties, Missouri: 1 arrow-head(?) with strongly jagged edges, stone sinkers (some of hematite), hematite celts and axes, 1 polished cutting tool, 1 sickle shaped natural formation, prepared for cutting purposes, 1 grooved double-pointed head of a war-club, carved pipes, ceremonial objects, 1 shallow stone dish, 1 stone ring with incised lines, 1 rubbing-stone, 1 large grooved adze-head, 1 large stone slab