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Charles Gibb, Esq., of Abbottsford, Professor Hilgard of Wash- 

 ington, Captain J. A. Vibert, E. De Cew, Esq., of Cayuga, Mr. 

 Damon of Weymouth, Mr. Chatfeld of Syracuse, Mr. F. Starr 

 of Auburn, A. J. Hill, Esq., C.E., Charles Robb, Esq., J. G. 

 Miller. Esq., Mr. H. M. Ami, J. F. Torrance, Esq., B.A., 

 T. Bland, Esq.. of New York, J. F. VVhiteaves, Esq., Professor 

 Cope of Philadelphia, W. S. Davidson, Esq., of Edinburgh, and 

 others. Details of these gifts have from time to time appeared 

 in the public prints and in the College Calendar. 



PURCHASES AND EXPENDITURES. 



In order to complete the collections in a manner worthy of the 

 new building, and to make up for the loss sustained by the 

 removal of the collections of the Geological Survey from Mont- 

 real, it has been necessary to make some purchases and to engage 

 the services of collectors to supply certain deficiencies. 



The collection of Devonian plants in the possession of the late 

 Professor Hartt of Cornell University, at the time of his death, 

 was purchased for $250. It has afforded .-i few new species 

 which have been described, several good musv'^um specimens 

 and materials for exchanges. 



Casts of fossils, models of animals and specimens, have been 

 purchased from the collections of Messrs. Ward and Howell of 

 Rochester, for $451. 



A few valuable and rare birds, not in our other collections, 

 have been purchased of Mr. Passmore of this city for $55. 



The sum of $25 was expended in procuring a collection of the 

 interesting silicified fossils of Paquette's Rapids, on the Ottawa. 



A collection of fossil fishes from the Cretaceous of Mt. Lebanon, 

 has been pui'chased for $34. 



From E, De Cew, Esq., of Cayuga, an important collection 

 of Corniferous corals, including some specimen^ of unusual size 

 and perfection, was purchased for $50. Mr. De Cew also pre- 

 sented some other fossils of interest from his own collections. 



The valuable services of James Richardson, Esq., late of the 

 Geological Survey of the Dominion, were secured during the 

 past summer, with the view of procuring specimens of some of 

 the more rare and characteristic fossils of the Cambrian and 

 Lower Silurian rocks. Mr. Richardson has engaged in this work 

 without remuneration, and he was enabled to obtain a large 

 number of valuable specimens at a very moderate expense. 



