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[stamped]] Report for 1895 [[/stamped]]

1. HOW HAS THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1895, COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS YEAR, AS FAR AS (1) THE NUMBER OF ACCESSIONS AND (2) THEIR SCIENTIFIC VALUE ARE CONCERNED?

The number of accessions for the year ending June 30, 1895, is 111, against 111 for the previous year. Most of those received during the past year have been small, though some of them are quite valuable. During the year ending June 30, 1894, the Department of Mollusks was enriched by four very fine and valuable accessions. 1st, The Morelet collection of fresh-water mussels, purchased of Hough Fulton by Rev. and Mrs L.J. Chamberlain. 2nd, The extensive marine collection formerly belonging to Mis. Frances Lea Chamberlain donated by Rev. Dr. Chamberlain. 3rd, The Guppy collection of West Indian fossils, obtained by purchase. 4th, The large collection of land, fresh-water and marine shells, and Miocene fossils, collected by Messrs Henderson and Simpson in Jamaica, and presented to the Museum by the former. No such large additions have been received this year, from private parties, but a preliminary instalment of the fish Commission material, so long at New Haven in Prof Nevills [[?]] hands, has been received and others are expected to follow shortly. These will comprise material on the whole of greater value than any thing else received for some years.