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[[handstamp]] Thomas Wilson CURATOR DEPARTMENT OF PREHISTORIC ANTHROPOLOGY [[/handstamp]]
[[italics]] 9. GIVE A LIST OF CORRESPONDENTS WHOSE CO-OPERATION HAS RESULTED IN ENRICHING THE COLLECTIONS UNDER YOUR CARE, AND STATE BRIEFLY THE MANNER AND EXTENT OF SUCH CO-OPERATION DURING THE YEAR. [[/italics]]
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Such a list of correspondents would include almost every one who has made contributions, and for this the list of accessions would serve.

We have a considerable number of correspondents whose co-operation has [[underline]] not [[/underline]] enriched our collections, but who should not be neglected. Some have asked for information (which has in all cases been given) but who have not sent any specimens, so that their names have not been entered on the official books. Others, however, have asked the same or similar questions and sent therewith, specimens, often a collection, for examination and classification; the specimens to be returned to their owners. No count has been made of the aggregate number of specimens in these collections, but frequently there are a hundred specimens in a single collection. They have been averaged at fifty each, making a total of 1300 specimens. To identify and classify all these objects, and determine the material often requires patient and protracted examination, and takes all our skill, in addition to much time and labor. For example - the collection of J. A. Singley of Austin, Texas contained seventy-four (74) specimens, and two of T. B. Steuart, DD.S., of Lockhaven, Pa, which contained an aggregate of One hundred and six (106) specimens, a copy of which is hereto attached. --