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[[underlined in green]] [[??]] [[/underlined]] [[stamped]] 32584 [[/stamped]] [[underlined]] Report on the Operations in the Department of Antiquities, U.S National Museum, during January, 1884. [[/underlined]] Number of specimens entered in Record Book for exhibition 303, for exchange 360, for storage 13, in Loan Book 69 - 36 sketches made. [[underlined]] Specification of Additions. John J. McLean, Cape Mendocino, Humboldt County, California [[/underlined]] Collection from shell-heaps near Cape Mendocino: 1 rude chipped implement, 61 chips and flakes, 2 leaf-shaped implements (broken), 5 scrapers, 2 rude arrow-heads, 3 pebbles, 86 shells of different species, determined by Mr. Dall, 8 plates of [[underlined]] Cryptochiton Helleri [[/underlined]], 2 plates of [[underlined]] Chiton [[/underlined]] (species undetermined), [[underlined]] Echinus [[/underlined]]-shell, and 4 teeth of canine animals. - 175 specimens for exhibition, 334 for exchanges, also: 2 arrow-heads, 1 axe, 2 pestles, 1 mortar, and 1 stone ball from different localities in Humboldt County, contributed by Messrs. James Walker, W. Morrill, and - Branstetter, Nirough, Mr. J. J. McLean, all exhibited. [[underlined]] J.E. Robinson, Washington, D.C. - [[/underlined]] 1 pestle found in Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland. [[underlinedd] J.E. Gere, Riceville, Washington County, Wisconsin.- [[/underlined]] Collection from the vicinity of Riceville: 1 scraper, 1 cutting tool, 38 arrow and spear-heads, 3 celts, and 1 pestle(?); 44 specimens for exhibition, 26 for exchange, 13 for storage. [[underlined]] R.E.C. Stearns, Berkley, Alameda County, California [[/underlined]] Col-