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  In 
  the 
  Mineralogical 
  Department 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  rearrangement 
  

   and 
  relabeling 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  collection 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  general 
  collec- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  minerals; 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  mineral 
  collections 
  for 
  distribu- 
  

   tion, 
  cataloguing 
  and 
  distribution 
  of 
  duplicate 
  collections 
  of 
  fossils 
  

   and 
  minerals. 
  

  

  A 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  additions 
  and 
  their 
  sources, 
  in 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  depart- 
  

   ments 
  of 
  the 
  Museum, 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  detail 
  appended 
  to 
  this 
  

  

  report. 
  

  

  Additions 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  by 
  Donations. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Zoological 
  Department, 
  contributions 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  during 
  

   the 
  year 
  by 
  thirteen 
  individuals 
  in 
  sixteen 
  distinct 
  donations. 
  The 
  

   Molluscan 
  contributions 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Lewis, 
  consisting 
  of 
  about 
  550 
  speci- 
  

   mens, 
  are 
  of 
  great 
  value 
  to 
  the 
  Museum, 
  as 
  nearly 
  all 
  are 
  in 
  unusu- 
  

   ally 
  fine 
  condition, 
  and 
  among 
  them 
  are 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  rare 
  species. 
  

  

  The 
  Botanical 
  Department 
  has 
  received 
  donations 
  from 
  twenty-two 
  

   individuals. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  Geological, 
  Palaeontological 
  and 
  Mineralogical 
  collections, 
  

   donations 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  by 
  sixteen 
  individuals, 
  of 
  one 
  hundred 
  

   and 
  fifty 
  -five 
  specimens. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  Archaeological 
  Department, 
  three 
  donors 
  have 
  contributed. 
  

  

  The 
  Library 
  has 
  received 
  additions 
  by 
  donation 
  of 
  thirty-five 
  

   volumes 
  and 
  forty-seven 
  pamphlets, 
  from 
  ten 
  individuals 
  and 
  nine 
  

   societies 
  or 
  other 
  organizations. 
  

  

  The 
  whole 
  number 
  of 
  donors 
  to 
  the 
  several 
  departments 
  has 
  been 
  

  

  seven 
  ty-three. 
  

  

  Additions 
  by 
  Exchange. 
  

  

  A 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  additions 
  to 
  the 
  Library 
  have 
  doubtless 
  been 
  

   made 
  in 
  consideration 
  of 
  Museum 
  reports 
  distributed. 
  Only 
  three 
  

   exchanges 
  proper 
  are 
  recorded, 
  viz., 
  one 
  of 
  geological 
  specimens, 
  one 
  

   of 
  minerals 
  and 
  one 
  to 
  the 
  Library, 
  in 
  return 
  for 
  Museum 
  reports. 
  

  

  General 
  Work 
  of 
  the 
  Museum. 
  

   Arrangement 
  of 
  Molluscan 
  Collections. 
  

   In 
  January 
  last 
  the 
  services 
  of 
  Dr. 
  James 
  Lewis, 
  of 
  Mohawk, 
  were 
  

   engaged 
  for 
  the 
  much 
  needed 
  work 
  of 
  revision, 
  determination, 
  label- 
  

   ing 
  and 
  cataloguing 
  of 
  the 
  land 
  and 
  fresh-water 
  shells 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  Museum. 
  As 
  stated 
  in 
  a 
  former 
  report, 
  

   there 
  was 
  a 
  large 
  accumulation 
  of 
  specimens 
  — 
  from 
  the 
  collections 
  

   made 
  during 
  the 
  geological 
  survey 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  from 
  the 
  purchase 
  of 
  

   the 
  Gould 
  collection, 
  and 
  from 
  various 
  contributions 
  — 
  only 
  a 
  small 
  

  

  