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Gifts to the University

During the Year Ending December 31, 1894.

The University desires to acknowledge the receipt of gifts to the various departments
as follows:

TO THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY FROM—

State Department, Washington, D. C.
Treasury Department, Washington, D. C.
War Department, Washington, D. C.
Navy Department, Washington, D. C.
Interior Department, Washington, D. C.
Agricultural Department, Washington, D. C.
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.
Bureau of Education, Washington, D. C.
United States Fish Commission, Washington,
D. C.
United States Coast Survey, Washington,
D. C.
Surgeon General's Office, Washington, D. C.
Bureau of International Exchanges, Washton,
D. C.
Commonwealth of Virginia.
Geological Survey of India, Calcutta.
Librarian of Harvard University.
Royal Society of Canada.
Johns Hopkins University.
American Philosophical Society.
Academy of Sciences, St. Louis, Mo.
New York State Library.
Editors of Corks and Curls.
Editors of College Topics.
Editors of University Magazine.
H. D. Minor, Esq., Memphis, Tenn.
Astor Library, New York City.

Y. M. C. A., University of Virginia.
State of New Jersey.
The Estate of Linden Kent, deceased.
State Geologist of Missouri.
Dr. L. G. Doane, New York City.
Hon. Eppa Hunton, United States Senate.
State of South Carolina.
Mrs. Carvill Lewis, London, England.
H. G. Marquand, Esq., New York City.
Prof. Persifer Frazer, Philadelphia, Pa.
Dr. J. A. Coles, Scotch Plains, N. J.
Virginia State Bar Association.
Babcock & Wilcox Co., New York City.
S. H. Owens, Esq., Staunton, Va.
Prof. Geo. Fred. Holmes.
D. W. Thom, Esq., Baltimore, Md.
Prof. Noah K. Davis.
Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
State Library of Connecticut.
Hon. D. W. Voorhees, United States Senate.
Prof. J. M. Garnett.
Bushrod W. James, Philadelphia, Pa.
Dr. Zeballos, Argentine Minister.
Portrait of Dr. Wm. B. Towles. Presented
by Medical Alumni.
Portrait of Hon. W. L. Wilson. Presented
by Col. B. D. Gibson.

TO THE OBSERVATORY LIBRARY FROM—

Observatory, Alleghany, Pa.
Observatory, Besancon, France.
Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, Africa.
Observatory, Charkow, Russia.
Observatory, Cordoba, Argentine Republic.
Observatory, Florence, Italy.
Observatory, Göttingen, Germany.

Colegio de la Compania de Jesus, Havana,
Cuba.
Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, Chapel
Hill, N. C.
Italian Spectroscopic Society, Rome, Italy.

Observatory, Greenwich, England.
Observatory, Harvard College, Mass.
Observatory, Kasan, Russia.
Observatory, Kiel, Germany.
Observatory, Leyden, Holland.
Observatory, Lund, Sweden.
Observatory, Madison, Wis.
Observatory, Madras, India.
Observatory, Manila.
Observatory, Mauritius.
Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, Cal.
Observatory, Radcliffe, Oxford, England.
Observatory, Padua, Italy.
Observatory, Potsdam, Germany.
Observatory, Poulkova, Russia.
Observatory, Prague, Austria.
Observatory, Santiago, Chili.
Observatory, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Observatory, Sydney, New South Wales.
Observatory, Tacubaya, Mexico.
Observatory, Vienna, Austria.
Observatory, Washington, D. C.
American Academy, Boston, Mass.
Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria.
American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia,
Pa.
Cincinnati Society of Natural History, Cincinnati,
Ohio.

Meteorological Society, Toronto, Canada.
Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Danzig, Germany.
Nautical Almanac Office, Washington, D. C.
Nova Scotian Institute of Sciences, Halifax,
Canada.
Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, Ireland.
Royal Society, New South Wales.
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey,
Washington, D. C.
Dr. Leo de Ball, Vienna, Austria.
Dr. Bernhard Engel, Thorn, Germany.
Dr. H. Futsche, Moscow, Russia.
Prof. L. J. Gruey, Besançon, France.
Dr. Hugo Hergesell, Strassburg, Germany.
Dr. James E. Keeler, Alleghany, Pa.
Dr. V. Laska, Prague, Austria.
Dr. E. Lindemann, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Dr. J. B. Messerschmitt, Zurich, Switzerland.
Mr. S. Riefler, Munich, Germany.
Dr. A. Ricco, Rome, Italy.
Dr. Ludwig Struve, Dorpat.
Mr. John Tebbutt, New South Wales.
Prof. Milton Updegraff, Columbia, Mo.

TO THE CHEMICAL LABORATORY FROM—

Edward Schunck, Esq., F. R. S., Manchester, England.—Specimens (from his own researches)
of derivations from madder, indigo and chlorophyll.

Willoughby Walke, Esq., U. S. A., Fort Monroe, Va.—Specimen of new "smokeless
powder."

Dr. A. T. Mitchell, Vicksburg, Miss.—Specimen of "artificial silk" (cellulose reproduced
from the nitrate).

Prof. F. P. Venable, University of North Carolina.—Specimens of calcium carbide,
aluminum carbide, aluminum and alumina, fused in an electric furnace.

TO THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM FROM—

Maj. R. F. Mason, Charlottesville, Va.—A valuable series of Montana ores.

TO THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT FROM—

Swedish Commissioner.—Samples of iron and iron-work exhibited at the World's
Fair.