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than one hundred and sixty six, the correspondence including over three hundred letters and six or seven hundred pages of manuscript besides the identification, or noting, of not less than 1200 species of Mollusks. This work has been preformed by the Curator, assisted by Dr. Stearns and Mr. Simpson, without the advantage of a stenographer or type-writer. It is obvious that if the work continues to increase in like ratio, additional facilities will be required.

Special Researches

The [[strikethrough]] accompanying [[/strikethrough]] bibliographical notices under the names Dall, Simpson and Stearns (See section IXI) [[strikethrough]] appendix [[/strikethrough]] will indicate the direction of the researches caried on by the Staff during the year. Most of the curator's time has necessarily been devoted to a review of the state of our knowledge of the later Tertiary of the United States. [[strikethrough]] which [[/strikethrough]] This has been completed and