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addressed to the curator during the year that when the Conchological collection is once arranged for ready reference it will be resorted to very largely by students either in person or by letters addressed to the curator. With the existence of such facilities properly administered, the study of these animals will be promoted and the number of students largely increased. This however cannot be expected to occur until the curator shall be able to devote his whole time exclusively to the collection and cognate matters.

The accessions of the past year have been extremely important.

The U.S. Fish Commission work has been carried on with new facilities and its usual vigor. Many mollusks new and known were dredged and a rough catalogue of them made before they were sent for study to Prof. Verrill