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14 continued to its termination by Mr. Bond, and the worst result of the shellac now visible is a slight discoloration of some of the more porous specimens. The alcohol in which the shellac was soaked off was put to a good purpose and used for hardening sundry tertiary fossils which needed such an application for their proper preservation, and [[strikethrough]] this way So that [[/strikethrough]] the general result of this work was very satisfactory. A large part of the work of the past season has consisted in the segregation of material previously labelled and registered according to its biologic relations and its incorperation with the general collection. Over two hundred trays containing about 15,000 specimens have been handled in this manner and are now in shape for arrangement in systematic order in the new cases, just provided for them. Concurrently with