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Summary of the Condition of the Volume at the End of 

 novembeb, 1889. 



Pages of manuscript prepared 300 



Pages in type 50 



Plates of drawings prepared 14 



Of these are lithographed and printed 6 



Others in the lithographer's hands 4 



Others ready for the lithographer 2 



In order to give a more tangible evidence of the condition of 

 the work, I have placed upon the secretary's table a bound copy 

 of all the plates lithographed and printed for the volume, and 

 also a nuraber of plates of drawings arranged for the lithographer. 

 Besides these drawings there is a large number of drawings avail- 

 able for the lithographer.* 



Requirements for the Completion of the Volume. 



Collections of Orthis Stkeptorhynchus and Productus from 

 the Carboniferous, Porambonites, Athyroids, showing interior, 

 Meristoids especially lleristella naviformis and of Atrypa conjesta 

 of the Clinton group. The genera Betzia, Eumetria, Acambona 

 and Terebratuloids from all the Palaeozoic formations. 



In order to accomplish this work it will be necessary to visit all 

 the public and private collections within our reach, and to make 

 field collections where practicable. There are numerous types of 

 species in the collections of the Canadian Geological Survey which 

 must be examined before the volume can be made complete. 



The numerous species described in connection with the Geo- 

 logical Survey of Missouri, and which are now in the collections 

 of the University of Missouri, require to be studied before we can 

 make our work complete. 



During the past year we have added to our material for study 

 and illustration a collection of Lingula and Discina, from the 

 Clinton and Niagara groups of Hamilton, Ontario. Through the 

 favor of Mr. B. E. Walker, of Toronto, we have the loan of some 

 good specimens of the typical species of Stricklandinia, and other 

 forms from the Clinton and Niagara groups. 



*Sineo the communication of this Report that portion of the volume relating to the 

 inarticulate Brachiopoda has been printed, making 182 panes, with 14 plates illustrating 

 genera. This part of the work was completed in April, 1800, and as this document is 

 passing through the press, the manuscript for the following portions of the volume is 

 being put into the hands of the printer. 

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