has been opened with some of the societies having 

 similar purposes with our own. Efforts are being 

 made to enlist the services of owners and captains 

 of vessels going from our ports, and we hope in this 

 way to add largely to our collections. We are fa- 

 vored with the sympathy of many scientific men in 

 our city, who already take a deep interest in our 

 work, and some of whom have promised at no dis- 

 tant day to add their valuable collections to our 

 Museum. 



In beginning this enterprise everything has been 

 done to make it Worthy of our great Metropolis. 

 Commissioner Green, in his letter herewith annexed, 

 s&ys: "Permit me to express on behalf of the Park 

 Commissioners their high appreciation of the enlight- 

 ened sentiment that lias provided so generously for 

 all interested in this department of science, and, at 

 the same time, the hope that this auspicious begin- 

 ning may, by the continued augmentation of similar 

 liberality, become an unequalled treasury of science, 

 alike honorable to the public spirit of the citizens by 

 whom it has been inaugurated, and an indispensable 

 aid to those engaged in efforts to increase the knowl- 

 edge of the science that it is intended to illustrate." 



In closing their Report for the first year, the Trus- 

 tees feel justified in congratulating the subscribers on 

 the marked success that has attended their efforts 

 to meet a great want so long felt by our city. 

 With a continuance of your deep interest, with the 

 cordial aid of scientific men in our midst, and allied 

 as we are in this effort with the Park Commissioners, 

 we have, if properly supported and aided with funds 



