48 CURATOR’S ANNUAL REPORT. 
Dr. Stevenson, chairman of the committee on museum 
and library, gave an itemized report of expenditures for 
the museum and library, amounting to $131.25. 
Prof. Cooley, chairman of the committee on publica- 
tion, reported that five hundred copies of ‘‘ Transac- 
tions’ had been printed. 
Mr. Elsworth, treasurer, rendered a detailed report of 
receipts and expenditures for the fiscal year ending May 
4, 1886. The following is an abstract : 
Balanceyintreasuny,) Maiys5)l8Soreeceaceee oe oea ene eee eeee $832 74 
Total receipts during the year...) |.) +-) seen eee 1,455 00 
4 Y 0) 2) Perens eae eee A AA AUeCte tHe Totud Nene ara A os g $2,287 74 
Hotal disbursement) during) thevyear. oe eseeee eee ere $1,478 45 
Balance in treasuny,) Mais ASS) retetsleieleele)elelaette sete $809 29 
Prof. Dwight, curator of the museum, presented the 
following report: 
Your curator would respectfully make the following 
report for the session which is now closing : 
The following additions have been made to the 
museum, by donation : 
An unnamed collection of shells from Japan, presented by the Minister 
from Japan. 
Two specimens of sphalerite in calcite, and two dozen geodes, contain- 
ing quartz crystals, from Keokuk, Iowa, presented by Mr. Frank 
Fitchett, through Dr. Stevenson. 
A few minerals and shells, from localities unknown, presented by Mrs. 
Ernest Yalden. j 
Two fossil shark’s teeth, one fossil vertebra of the Zeuglodon whale, 
one “‘ key-hole” urchin, presented by Dr. R. E. Van Gieson. 
Some specimens of minerals from the Tilly-Foster mine, presented by 
Mr. Charles E. Fowler. 
By exchange, from Dr. De Witt Webb in behalf of 
the Society of Natural Science, St. Augustine, Florida, 
through Dr. Stevenson, a large collection of shells, as 
follows : 
One slab of shell-limestone, ‘‘ Coquina-rock,” St. Augustine, Fla. 
One specimen Fulgur perversa, St. Augustine, Fla. 
