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ofifice, and in llie general arrangement of the museum. The duties 

 of the office were formally assumed by me Aug. i, i8S6, and tiie 

 progress made since that date will be indicated in the report. 



Suffice it to say that the moti\ e of every action has been to 

 promote the interests and welfare of the Society, and if mistakes 

 have been made, they have been errors of judgment and not ol 

 motive. 'I'lie work o( cataloguing and arranging sjjecimens in 

 the collection has been pushed forward as rapidly as circumstances 

 would permit. About i 200 additions to the collection have been 

 entered iii the several departments. In addition to the regular 

 accession catalogue, the card catalogue of each depaitment has 

 been kept up to date, so it is not difficult to ascertain whether any 

 particular specimen is to be found in the museum or not. 



The number of specimens in all the departments of the 

 museum is constantly increasing, the additions coming through 

 exchanges and donations. The entire number of specimens now 

 catalogued is d^oo and several hundred are still uncatalogued. 



Several exchanges which bring valuable additions to the coll- 

 ection are now in progress: of these may be mentioned the follow- 

 ing; Mrs. R. W. Summers, San Luis Obispo, Cal., Conchology and 

 Botany, Mr. Harry E. Dore, Portland, Oregon, Conchology; Mr. A. 

 Freed^ Lancaster, O., Geology and Botany; Mr. Henry Moores, 

 Columbus, O., Palaeontology; Prof. W. R. Lazenby, Columbus, O , 

 Botany; Miss Alice Little, Dresden, O., Botany; Mr. Streator, 

 Carrettsville, O., Conchology; M. Arturo Bofill, Barcelona, Spain, 

 Conchology; Mr. T. H. Aldrich, Conchology. 



Donations have been quite liberal, from members and non- 

 niembers. 



The following members have contributed to the collection 

 during the year: Dr. O. D. Norton, Dr. W. A. Dun, Mr. C. L. 

 Faber, Dr. F. W. Langdon, Mr. A. P. Morgan, Mrs. U. P. James, 

 Mr. Jacob S. Burnet, Mr. Davis L. James, Mr. Wm. H. Knight, 

 Mr. U. P. James, Mr. R. H. Warder, Mr. Geo. S. Huntington, 

 Prof. Geo. W. Harper, Prof. Jos. F. James, Dr. A. E. Heighway, 

 Sr., Dr.A. E. Heigliway, Jr., Mr. T. H. Aldrich, Dr. C. E. Caldwell, 

 Mr. Wm. H. Fisher, Mr. E. O. Hurd, Mr. Chas. Dury, Mr. E. 

 M. Cooper. 



It would be of great benefit to the mu'^eum and aid in its 

 work, if donations could be still more liberal. 



The kind of donations specially needed, are well identified 



