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The total number of different receipts from the above contributors 

 amounted to eight hundred and seventy. 



If the plans in contemplation with the Trustees of the " Peabody 

 Eund " should be completed, more extensive accommodations will be 

 devoted to the Library, which is now required for the proper arrange- 

 ment of the books. 



The Superintendent of the Museum stated that over 13,000 spec- 

 imens had been added to the Natural History Department in 288 dona- 

 tions during the year. Sixty-six donations, embracing a large number 

 of specimens, have been made to the Historical Department. Tor 

 special mention of these various donations reference is made to the 

 quarterly printed lists ; but the Superintendent would call special at- 

 tention to the valuable aid received from the following gentlemen. 

 Prof. D. S. Sheldon, of Davenport, Iowa, has not only sent to the In- 

 stitute his whole collection of Plants and Western Shells, but has taken 

 special pains to collect for us the fresh- water Fishes, Crustaceans, In- 

 sects, and Shells of the vicinity of Burlington, Iowa. Mr. Alfred S. 

 Peabody, of Salem, has presented a collection of the skins of about 

 forty specimens of South Afi'ican Birds, in good condition, also a num- 

 ber of Reptiles, Pishes, and other specimens in alcohol, from the 

 vicinity of Cape Town. To Mr. Robert E. C. Stearns, of San Fran- 

 cisco, we are placed under great obligations for his continued interest 

 in our Museum, evinced by his generosity in sending several collec- 

 tions of Pacific Coast Shells, and specimens of Ores, Minerals, Fossils, 

 etc. We have also continued to i-eceive specimens, principally of Ra- 

 diates and Crustaceans, from Panama and Long Island Sound, from 

 the Museum of Yale College. Mr. John H. Sears, of Danvers, has 

 commenced making a collection of the nests and eggs of our local Birds, 

 much needed for the completion of the Ornithological collection of our 

 county. 



Owing to the increase of the collection, and the great amount of 

 business attending the various operations of the Institute, not as many 

 duplicate specimens have been distributed during the past year as the 

 one preceding, though a number of boxes are gradually being filled for 

 our friends, and will be forwarded as soon as possible. The following 

 collections have been sent out during the year. 



To Prof. A. E. Verrlll, Yale College, 67 species, 198 specimens of 

 Corals, from the Straits of Malacca, Hayti, Sandwich Islands, and 

 Zanzibar. Eleven species, twelve specimens of Echinoderms from va- 

 rious localities. 



To Rev. A. B. Kendig, Davenport, Iowa, seventy-nine species, of 

 several specimens each, of North American Shells, principally land and 

 fresh-water species. 



