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desirable that the Museum force should be increased. I have already 

 adverted to the labor necessarily expended during the past year in merely 

 unpacking and arranging the collections of new matter received. While 

 the old specimens need a certain amount of care, new ones are being con- 

 stantly added. I would, therefore, recommend that Mr. Girard be reg- 

 ularly emploj^ed by the Institution, at such salary as you may think 

 suitable ; and one other person in addition, to attend to the purely me- 

 chanical work required in the way of unpacking, washing bottles, 

 tying on labels, cleaning specimens, &c. Such service as this could be 

 obtained for about twent3^-five dollars per month, and the help of both 

 persons would be also available in other departments where it is im- 

 peratively required. This is especially the case in respect to the pub- 

 lications, exchanges, and transportation, where, as in the Museum ope- 

 rations, I have no regular assistance whatever. 



Alphabetical list of donors to the Museum of the Smithsonian Inslitidion. 



Academy of Natural Sciences. — Skins of North American birds. 



Prof C. B. Adams. — Shells, &c., from Bermuda and St. Thomas. 



Prof L. Agassiz.- — Etheostoma from Alabama and Missouri. 



Capt. Atwood. — Fishes, Crustacea, and radiata, from Provincetown, 

 Mass. 



Prof A. D. Bache. — Surterbrand from Iceland. 



Prof S. F. Baird. — Twelve kegs, &c. of fishes, from Wisconsin, 

 Michigan, Ohio, New York, and Canada. 



Dr. J. B. Bay-ratt. — Reptiles and fishes from South Carolina. 



Dr. J. M. Bigelow. — Seeds from Texas and New Mexico. 



Cajit. Daniel Boden. — Specimens of lake trout and perch, from Otsego 

 lake. New York. 



J. S. Boioman. — Reptiles and fishes from the vicinity ot Fort Kear- 

 ney. • 



Major J. H. Carleton, U. S. A. — Specimen of thehjphonus from 

 Santa Fe. 



Charles Cavileer. — Mammals, &c., from Minnesota. 



Robert Clarhe. — Skulls of mammals and reptiles, in alcohol, from 

 ..Essex county, N. J. 



Prof George H. Cook. — Living specimens of Emi/s muhletibergii, from 

 New York. 



Dr. G. E. Cooper, U. S. A. — Skulls of Comanche and Lipan In- 

 dians. 



Dr. .J. G. Cooper. — Reptiles from California ; skin of Gij7nnotus elcc- 

 tricus. 



Lt. D. N. Couch, U. S. A. — Very extensive collections of the verte- 

 brata, with numerous insects and specimens of antiquities from North- 

 ern Mexico. 



G. S. Cutting. — Storeria dekayii and Chlorosoma vernalis, from Mid- 

 dleboro', Mass. 



Mrs. M. E. Daniel. — Reptiles from Anderson, S. C. 



E. A. Dayton. — Skulls of beaver and fishes; {Mustcla canadensis;) 

 reptiles and fishes from the St. Lawrence river. 



Gf. W. Dean. — Reptiles from Galveston, Texas. 



