1868.] 21 [Custodian. 



Brigham, C. C. Frost, L. Hills, F. G. Sanborn, S. II. Scudder 

 and C. A. Stearns, 



The Curator of Palaeontology reports that his department 

 is in much the same condition as at the last annual meet- 

 ing; previous to April, other duties prevented him from 

 working upon the collections, but the first stej) toward a 

 rearrangement has been made and the old plaster trays 

 and colored labels will soon give place to new tablets and 

 etiquettes. It is hoped that another year will see changes 

 throughout nearly all of the collection. The most interest- 

 ing addition has been the recent gift, by Mr. C. H. Dalton, 

 of a suite of specimens from the lacustrine dwellings of 

 Switzerland, illustrative of the food, implements, and dress 

 of the prehistoric inhabitants ; the most extensive donation 

 was that of Dr, C. T. Jackson, consisting of several hundred 

 fossils from various localities. The names of other donors 

 are the Hon. David Sears, Dr. F. Midler, and Messrs. G. 

 Barry, J. H. Huntington, A. A. Kingman and C. A. Stearns. 



The Geological department has greatly progressed. As we 

 promised in the last rejjort, the collection was thrown open 

 to the public soon after the annual meeting, and received its 

 fair share of attention from visitors. It is already quite rich 

 in volcanic products, and has been increased by a valuable 

 donation of many thousand specimens, from Dr. C. T. Jack- 

 son ; the unpacking and cleaning of this large accession, 

 and the task of separating the fossils and minerals from the 

 rocks, has occupied much time; the labelling will demand 

 much more, but the Curator hopes the result will soon be 

 seen on the shelves. A number of relief-maps of volcanic 

 craters have been procured, and the Council has authorized 

 the purchase of several hundred specimens of rocks, named 

 by Dr. Krantz, of Bonn. The department has received do- 

 nations from the Hons. Albert Fearing and David Sears, Drs. 

 B. J. Jeffries and S. Kneeland and Messrs. H. P. Bowditch, 

 J. C. J. Brown, J. W. Clarke, K. C. Grcenleaf, J. H. Hunt- 



