Note 8 — THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM.

"And all collections of rocks, minerals, soils, fossils, and objects of natural history, archæology, and ethnology, made by the Coast and Interior Survey, the Geological Survey, or by any other parties for the Government of the United States, when no longer needed for investigations in progress, shall be deposited in the National Museum...."—Supplement to the Revised Statutes of the United States, vol. i, second edition, 1874-1891, p. 252.