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We have also received (hiring the j-enr, anionj;- other dona- 

 tions, a large collection of Marine Invertetrates, from the 

 United States Fish Commission, at my personal solicitation ; 

 also from the same source a collection of Florida fishes, being 

 a portion of a collection made by me in the Winter of 1888-89. 

 (These are not yet unpacked). 



I have also added ten new species of Ohio fishes, so that 

 our collection of Ohio fish fauna is now nearly complete, there 

 being but about twenty more known species to procure, hav- 

 ing altogether one hundred and thirty species. 



The collections of birds has been added to by Mr. E. O. Hurd, 

 and the mammals by Mr. Chas. Dury. 



Prof. G. Brown Goode, Director of the United States Na- 

 tional Museum and Assistant Secretary Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, visited our rooms twice during the last few months, and 

 stated that he considered our Society the center of scientific 

 interest west of the mountains, and as having, by far, the best 

 Museum. In a recent letter to me he says: "The constant 

 activity of your Society, and the amount of work which it is 

 accomplishing, is quite sufficient to justify the construction of 

 another building, when the scope of its energies and the work 

 which it will be in a position to accomplish, will doubtless be 

 very greatly extended." 



We hope in the near future to secure a site in Eden Park, 

 removed from the smoke and soot of the city, and to erect a 

 fire-proof building for our Museum. Our present building- 

 should always be retained for offices, the I^ibrary, for lectures 

 and meetings, and for the Photographic Section. 



Respectfully, 



J. A. Hknshall, 



Director. 



REPORT OF CURVTOR OK PHOTOGRAPHY. 



Cincinnati, April 7, 1S91. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: 



On behalf of the members of the Photographic Section of 

 this Society, I have the honor and pleasure of reporting that 

 this section is in a very prosperous condition. Our member- 



