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net of New York, a duplicate of the suite of the Mazatlan Mollus- 

 ca, procured, described, catalogued and arranged by him for the 

 British Museum. The condition of the offer required that the 

 collection should be kept distinct, and open to the examination of 

 students, and that Mr. Carpenter should be permitted personall}^ 

 to arrange it on the same plan which he had adopted in the British 

 Museum, and that his necessary expenses should be paid. The 

 collection embraces about 6,000 specimens, and its value is great- 

 ly increased by the many varieties of each species. After full 

 enquiry in regard to the value of the collection, it was determined 

 to accept the offer. Mr. Carpenter arrived a few months since, 

 and has been diligently employed in mounting and arranging the 

 collection. Sufficient space could not be afforded to place the 

 whole under glass, and it became necessary to provide drawers 

 for such parts as could not otherwise be arranged. The cases 

 which have been provided are well adapted for the purpose, and 

 the whole collection, under Mr. Carpenter's admirable method, is 

 unsurpassed for the beauty of its forms, and the convenience of 

 its arrangements. A catalogue by classes, orders and species, 

 will be prepared as soon as the arrangement is completed, and 

 will be submitted in the next annual report. A descriptive cata- 

 logue, prepared for the British Museum collection, is placed in 

 one of the cases for the use of students. An appropriation of six 

 hundred dollars, it is believed, will cover the cost of the cases and 

 all other expenses. 



By order of the Regents. 



G. Y. LANSING, Chancellor. 

 S. B. Wool WORTH, Secretary. 



