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S 48499.

[[underlined]] Report on the Operations in the Department of Antiquities, U. S. National Museum, during October, 1885. [[/underlined]]

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Number of specimens entered in Record Book, for exhibition 44, for exchange 7; 16 sketches made.

[[underlined]] Specification of Additions.
Accession Number 9160.
F. A. Ober, Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts. [[/underlined]]---Collection from the Island of Nevis: Three pestles, 4 rubbing-stones, an implement of unknown use, a polishing-stone, a fragment of a jadeite celt, a small natural formation drilled for suspension, and 2 celt-gouges of shall; 13 specimens.

[[underlined]] Accession Number 16438.
A. F. Berlin, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. [[/underlined]]--- Five rude implements, 4 cutters, 5 arrow-heads, and a notched sinker, all probably from Pennsylvania, although no letter concerning the specimens has been received in this Department; 15 specimens.

[[underlined]] Accession Number 16489.
Dr. L. B. Welch, Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio. [[/underlined]]---A cast of a carved stone tablet, and one of a ceremonial weapon with incised figures (the so-called "Butterfly"). The originals were found in a mound near Wilmington, Ohio, and are described in a pamphlet published by Dr. L. B. Welch and J. M. Richardson, (Wilmington, 1879).

[[underlined]] Accession Number 16484 
Frank Burns, U. S. Geological Survey. [[/underlined]]---A pestle and a disc-shaped natural formation from Blount County, a polishing stone (?) from St. Clair County, an arrow-head from Lauderdale County, and a sinker (?) or tally-stone (?) from Etowah County, Alabama; 5 specimens.