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[[stamp]]24645[[/stamp]]F[[??]]

[[underline]]Report on the Operations in the Department of Antiquities, N.J. National Museum, during March, 1883.[[/underline]]

Number of specimens entered in Record Book, for exhibition 240, for exchange 27, for storage 97; in Loan Book 7; 60 sketches made.

[[underline]]Specification of Additions.[[/underline]]

[[underline]]Horace Martin, Corning, Holt County, Missouri.-[[/underline]] 1 grooved axe and 1 fragment of a castinite pipe.
 
[[underline]]F. M. Symmes, Paoli, Orange County, Indiana.-[[/underline]] 2 stone models of toy axes (grooved). The originals are made of a greenish-black trap rock, and were found by Madison Bowles, in Rock Island County, Illinois.

[[underline]]J. H. Rivett-Carnac, Allahabad, India.-[[/underline]] Collection from the Banda District, N.W. Provinces, India, consisting of flint and chalcedony nuclei, flakes, celts (chipped and ground), 1 cast of a grooved maul, and one half a pierced discoidal stone; 100 specs. A very good collection.

[[underline]]W. T. Knott, Lebanan, Marion County, Kentucky.-[[/underline]] Collection of copper articles from a mound in Marion County, namely, 1 celt, 1 breast-plate (?), 4 spool-shaped objects, and 2 concavo-convex discs; and 1 piece of galena; 9 specs. A very valuable addition.
 
[[underline]]James T. Robinson, M. C., Kenton, Hardin County, Ohio.- [[/underline]]Collection of copper and stone implements and ornaments from a mound in Hardin County, viz: 2 cop-