22 Report of the President. 



Mr. Nathan Banks East Falls Church, Va. 



Mr. Alexander D. MacGillivary. .Ithaca, N. Y. 



Mr. E. S. G. Titus Washington, D. C. 



Dr. W. G. Dietz Hazleton, Pa. 



Mr. E. A. Schwarz Washington, D. C. 



Prof. A. D. Hopkins Washington, D. C. 



Mr. W. Fiske Washington, D. C. 



Mr. H. L. Viereck Philadelphia, Pa. 



Mr. A. P. Morse Wellesley, Mass. 



Prof. James G. Needham Lake Forest, 111. 



Dr. F. C. Paulmier Albany, N. Y. 



Prof. P. P. Calvert Philadelphia, Pa. 



Mr. James A. G. Rehn Philadelphia, Pa. 



Department of Mineralogy and Conchology. — The 

 attractiveness of the Morgan Gem Collection continues and 

 has been increased by giving it more commodious quarters and 

 by installing it in more appropriate cases. The entire room has 

 been assigned to gems and to the more striking minerals. Large 

 showy specimens have been placed in the wall cases in such a 

 way as to bring out their beauty to the best advantage. Appro- 

 priate labels are being prepared, and in a few weeks the 

 installation will have been completed. 



Again we are indebted to Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan for his 

 generosity in adding nearly two hundred specimens to this 

 already priceless collection. 



The income from the Bruce Fund has made possible the 

 purchase of a number of desirable minerals, among which 

 may be mentioned twenty-eight specimens of amber and a 

 jade labret of remarkable character. 



One of the notable acquisitions during the year was a very 

 large number of miscellaneous shells from the Philippine 

 Islands, which formed part of the Philippine exhibit at St. 

 Louis secured by the Museum. With the aid of these shells, 

 many lacunae in the collection have been filled. 



Department of Invertebrate Zoology. — During the 

 early part of the year a card catalogue of the fishes was 

 taken up and the study collections cleaned and carefully 

 rearranged. 



