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Commission, which has been its principal contributor ever since the department was reorganized in 1880, has made arrangements to care for its own collections of marine animals until they shall have been studied and reported upon. This will, in a measure, benefit the department by relieving it of the routine work incidental to the preservation and assorting of the large unworked collections sent in by the vessels and field parties of the Commission, while eventually it will become the recipient of valuable type series, representing the labors of recognized authorities