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the field parties collecting along the shore. Most of the specimens were at once entered in the catalogue books of the National Museum, whether they were to be sent directly to Washington or to the specialist engaged in studying them. By this method which has now been practiced for several years, a careful second o all the specimen obtained by the commission is kept under one series of catalogue numbers, by which they may always be recognized. The correcting of proof sheets of the writer's reports on ocean temperatures and the marine