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(To be added at the end of report of Curator of Insects transmitted Jan. 8th, just before the signatures).

Mr. Glover's plates and notes on the Diptera, Orthoptera, Hemiptera and Cotton Insects have already been published in very limited edition as "Manuscript notes from my Journal". Those of the remaining orders comprise about 200 plates, which can be printed from by Mr. A.G.Gedney of this city (who formerly printed for Glover and has made me his estimates) for $13.50 per 1000 copies, quarto-impressions. The printing of an edition of 1000 would, therefore, cost about 2700.00 while the printing of such text as would be necessary could probably be done for about $500.00 adiitional.

   Several valuable collections have, as during previous years, [[strikthrough]]ben[[/strikethrough]] been offered for sale at remarkably low rates, some of which I have purchased individually and deposited with the rest of my collections. The need of a salaried assistant is each year more obvious, not only for the reasons stated in previous reports, but as a guarantee of the proper future care, in case of my death or removal from the city, of the entomological material already in the museum, and as a further guarantee to specialists that type collections, if donated, will have proper appreciation and preservation.

[[strikethrough]]Very[[/strikethrough]] Respectfully yours,

C.V. Riley,
Curator of Insects.