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rooms for the Paleontological and Geological Collections ; and 
thirteen rooms devoted to the Laboratories, Lecture Rooms, and 
Library connected with the instruction given at the Museum. 
The arrangement being such that whenever any Departments, 
as, for instance, the Geological and Geographical, or the Ana- 
tomical, or any other, outgrow their present quarters, room can 
be made for them, by extensions of the building, for a long time 
to come, without interfering with the plans which have been 
carried out thus far. 
In adopting a small unit for the size of our rooms (30 x 40 ft.), 
we deliberately abandoned all attempts at Exhibition Rooms 
imposing from their size. We have aimed only to place before 
the public such portions of our collections as shall become in- 
structive ; and in our storage and work rooms the appliances for 
storage aim at economy of space, and are intended, while they 
do not neglect the careful preservation of the Collections, to give 
to the Assistants and students the freest and quickest possible 
access to them. 
During the past summer the following persons pursued their 
studies at my Newport laboratory: — Mr. Fewkes, one of the 
Museum Assistants, who devoted his time principally to embryo- 
logical studies of Annelids, Messrs. Barnes and Tuttle of the 
Scientific School, and Miss E. A. Nunn, who devoted her time 
to the study of the earlier stages in the development of Brachy- 
ura. Prof. C. O. Whitman took up the study of the early stages 
of some of the many species of pelagic fish-eggs, so common at 
Newport; and he is preparing in connection with me a prelimi- 
nary report on his work, some of which is in continuation of 
investigations on the early stages of the bony fishes, begun nearly 
twenty years ago. 
The course in Biology, given by Professors Farlow and Faxon, 
was attended by two Seniors, seventeen Juniors, four Sopho- 
mores, and one special student. Mr. G. W. Perkins assisted 
Professors Farlow and Faxon in the laboratory work of the 
course. 
In Advanced Zodlogy, the course of Professor Faxon was 
followed throughout the year by thirteen Seniors, four Juniors, 
and one Student from the Scientific School. 
During the past Academic year lectures in General Zodlogy 
were given by Dr. Mark to 104 students, of whom 39 were 
