442 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OP [ISSS. 



Attention is again called to the important question of Sunday 

 opening. The numerous requests for admission into the nuiseum on 

 Sundays clearly speak the public mind, («• at any rate, the wish of a 

 large number of the city's inhabitants. The Academy of the Fine 

 Art and the Zoological Society have set an example in the right . 

 direction, and there seems to be no reason, beyond an inadequacy of 

 funds to maintain such opening, why our Academy should not fol- 

 low the lead. Sunday-opening would certainly be a charity to that 

 large body of useful citizens whose daily employment debars them 

 from the advantages which the institution otherwise offers. 



During the year specimens for study have been loaned to Prof. 

 R. P. AVhitfiefd, of New York ; to Prof's. Osborn and Scott, of 

 Princeton ; to Dr. G. Baur, of New Haven ; to Dr. George ]Marx, of 

 Washington ; and to Dr. Harrison Allen, of this city. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Angelo HEiLppax, 



Curator-in- Charge. 

 Joseph Leidy, 



Ch'n Curators. 



REPORT OF THE CURATOR OF THE WILLIAM S. 

 YArX COLLECTIONS. 



The Curator of the AVilliam S. Yaux Collections respectfully sub- 

 mits his sixth annual report to the Council of the Academy. 



The collections are in good order and condition, the only change 

 made since the report of 1887, being the introduction of one hundred 

 and two specimens purchased within the year and added to the 

 collection. These specimens have been purchased at a cost of 

 $420.10. 



The collections now consist of the following: — 



No. of minerals reported 1887, 6,786 



No. of minerals purchased 1888, ..... 102 



Total, 6,888 



Archseological si:)ecimens (same as reported in 1887), . 2,940 



