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industry of those employed upon the work, in spite of many drawbacks, good progress has been made, and with similar success during the next two or three years, we may hope to see the last of the eleven years arrearages (to 1884) finally administered upon. This once accomplished it will be a comparatively easy task to keep up with the annual accessions except in very unusual cases.

As there is no logical or biological reason for separating the Tertiary fossils from the recent shells in general administration (though the specimens may be kept in separate cases for convenience of reference) no separation has been made, and