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[[stamped]] G. Brown Goode [[stamped]] 
C.R. file 
[[stamped]] S 40638 [[/stamped]]]

[[underlined]] Report on the Operations in the Department of Antiquities, U.S. National Museum, during December 1884.[[/underlined]]

Number of specimens entered in Record Book, for exhibition 155, for exchange 282, for storage 66; in Loan Book 1.

[[underlined]] Specification of Additions.
W. S. Yeates, U.S. National Museum.-[[/underline]] Arrow and spear-heads found on Person's Farm, west bank of the Tar River, Franklin County, North Carolina; 7 specimens for exhibition, 2 for exchange.
[[underlined]] Dr. W. S. Newlon, Oswego, Labette County, Kansas:[[/underlined]]- Tracings of foot-tracks (on muslin) on sandstone rocks at Tulsa, Indian Territory.
[[underlined]] J. F. Kummerfeld, Long Grove, Scott County.[[/underlined]] - 1 grooved axe and 1 arrow-head, found in Pottawattamie County, Iowa.
[[underlined]] J.R. Nisley, Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio [[/underlined]]:- 1 cupped stone from Ohio.
[[underlined]] C. W. Kesler, Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina.-[[/underlined]] Collection from Iredell County: rude and leaf-shaped implements, 1 trimmed flake, cutting-tools, scrapers, perforators, arrow and spear-heads, celts, grooved axes, 1 hammer-stone, and 1 round pebble; 144 specimens for exhibition, 280 for exchange, 66 for storage.
A collection of 355 North American stone implements has been prepared for shipment to Mr. Thomas Wilson, U. S. Consul at Nice, France, to be exchanged by him for relics from the caves of Southern France.
A collection of human skulls and bones, embracing 85 catalogue-