any part of the city, and has been followed by a large 

 increase in the number of our visitors. 



The Department- of Public Parks has a completed 

 system of sewerage which has drained the depression 

 between the hills that originally stood on our Square,, 

 so that now we shall hope to have one of the health- 

 iest locations on Manhattan Island. The improvement 

 of the grounds is still in progress, and the Board of 

 Apportionment has set apart $20,000 for its contin- 

 uance during the present year. 



The rearrangement and scientific labelling of the 

 collections, which began last year, have made steady 

 progress, and produced a marked improvement in the 

 exhibition ; also the important additions to the Museum 

 mentioned below have been catalogued and displayed 

 in the cases of the public halls or arranged in draw- 

 ers in the laboratories of the upper story so as to be 

 immediately accessible to all students carrying on 

 original research. 



To the Department of Mammals have been added a 

 fine mounted specimen of the rare Rocky Mountain 

 Goat, presented by Mr. Percy R. Pyne ; five skulls 

 and eight carefully prepared specimens illustrating the 

 structure of various parts of the human anatomy, pre- 

 sented by Dr. J. J. Milhau ; a lower jaw of the sperm 

 whale and a walrus head, presented by Mr. W. H. Bart- 

 lett of New Bedford ; and three highly polished shells 

 of sea turtle from Florida, presented by Mr. Robert L. 

 Stuart. A large specimen of the long-nosed monkey 

 of Borneo, has been purchased and lately mounted, 

 and placed on exhibition. The Park Department, from 

 its menagerie, has presented a Striped Hyena, a Har- 

 nessed Antelope, and a young Llama. 



