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Sciences in the Cretaceous of Oregon. The material so obtained will serve 

 as a basis for the study of Cretaceous problems of this state. This co- 

 operative arrangement w^ill prove beneficial to the University of Oregon as 

 well, as duplicate material will be donated to that institution by the Cali- 

 fornia Academy of Sciences. 



Mr. and Mrs. Oldroyd made collections of recent shells from Friday 

 Harbor, Washington, and from MJonterey, California. These collections 

 and a collection of recent shells from Magdalena Bay, Lower California, 

 made by Mr. Orcutte of San Diego, comprise an excellent start of a series 

 of typical locality collections on the Pacific Coast. 



Mrs. H. M. Barngrover completed the arrangement of the Henry Hemp- 

 hill Conchological Collections in a very systematic manner, and installed it 

 neatly and compactly in the cases of the department. 



There have been a great number of very useful donations during the past 

 year. A complete list of these is appended to the Director's report. Mr. 

 L. E. Smith gave the department a fine collection of minerals. Mr. H. S. 

 Durden has again enriched the department by further donations of rocks 

 and minerals. Mr. H. W. Bell, Deputy Supervisor, Petroleum and Gas, 

 California State Mining Bureau, recently donated an interesting slab of 

 diatomaceous earth from Lompoc, Calif., in which are embedded some 

 fossil fishes. 



Several exchanges have been made during the past year. One of these 

 was an exchange between the Academy and the University of Washington. 

 These cotypes from Washington State are now installed in the Type Col- 

 lection of the Department, where they will prove useful to Pacific Coast 

 workers. 



Types from the California State Mining Bureau have been segregated 

 and may be also consulted. It is the purpose of the Department to make 

 the Type Collection as complete and useful as possible. 



Librarian's Report 

 E. P. Van Duzee, Assistafit Librarian 



During the year just past a very considerable improvement has been 

 made in the condition of the Academy's collection of books. Perhaps most 

 important is the accessioning of the volumes. This work is now well ad- 

 vanced and a few months should see all complete or nearly complete 

 volumes entered. Up to the present about 8,000 volumes have been entered 

 on the accessions register, covering the volumes in the main library room 

 up stairs and those in the departm^ents of Ornithology, Herpetology, Botany 

 and Invertebrate Paleontology. There still remain to be done those in the 

 department of Entomology and in the down-stair stack room. Another 

 improvement that will be much appreciated is the collation and arrange- 

 ment of the great mass of miscellaneous material in the lower library 

 room, consisting of government, state, and other documents and reports, 

 and the publications of societies not classified as general scientific societies. 



