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been utilized for two days.

The following statement shows the amount of cataloguing done during the month:

[[4 column table]]

|[[underline]]Group[[/underline]]|Last entry [[underline]]in August.[[/underline]]|Last entry [[underline]]in October[[/underline]]|Number of entries in [[underline]]Sept. & Oct.[[/underline]]|
|Crustaceans|15186|15287|101|
|Sponges|6292|6293|[[underline]]1[[/underline]]|
|   |Total|---|102|

[[underline]]Researches.[[/underline]] - Mr. Benedict has been engaged for the greater part of the two months, on the steamer Fish Hawk, in the exploration of the oyster beds of Long Island Sound, in the interests of the Fish