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Accessions.

U.S. Fish Commission. The accessions made to this department, during the past year, have been very many, and some are of great value

The collections made by the U.S. Fish Commission on the inner edge of the Gulf Stream slope, south of Martha's Vineyard, are especially valuable. This dredging ground, which was first explored in 1880, has yielded unpresidented results, and contributed very many new species to science and to this side of the Atlantic. As this material has not yet been completely worked up, it is impossible to compute the number of new species discovered.

The bulk of this new material was forwarded to New Heaven, Conn., where it is being studied by Prof.