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and Navy department at Washington ; to the Pacific Mail Steam- 

 ship Company, who offered the hospitality of their fine steamer, 

 the Colorado, to the Brazilian Expedition on its way out ; to 

 Messrs. Wells, Fargo & Co. ; to Messrs. Bishop & Co., who have 

 forwarded the whole of the Amazonian collection from Para to 

 New York, free of all charges ; and to the Brazilian and North 

 American Steam-ship Company for the free passage of members 

 of the expedition, and for taking charge of all the collections 

 which had accumulated at Rio. To Messrs. H. C. Brooks & Co., 

 Messrs. C. W. Brooks & Co., Mr. A. V. Sartori, Mr. Martin, 

 Messrs. Isaac Taylor & Co., for their interest in forwarding 

 exchanges to and from New Zealand. To the Portuguese and 

 Italian consuls at Boston and New York, to the Tudor Ice 

 Company, Mr. George N. Davis of Rio Janeiro, and to the 

 Smithsonian Institution for the distribution of our publications. 



The library is principally indebted for additions to the Copen- 

 hagen Academy and to Professor Agassiz. But few new pur- 

 chases have been made with the Gray fund, the income of the 

 past year having defrayed a portion of the cost of the Konink 

 collection. Casts of some of the larger fossils were obtained 

 from Dr. Kaup and Prof. H. A. Ward of Rochester. 



The Museum is indebted to the following individuals for their 

 donations and for their interest in forwarding our objects. I 

 mention here the larger collections only, or those of special 

 interest ; the other donations will be found in their respective 

 departments. 



Beside the collections sent home by the Thayer Expedition, I 

 would name the donations of Mr. Chas. Wright of Cuba, of Dr. 

 Davie of New Zealand, of Dr. Duchassaing, Dr. Schramm, Dr. 

 Fritz Muller, the invoice from the Smithsonian Institution, 

 Mr. Jonathan Russell, and Dr. John L. Leconte. The exchanges 

 have been continued as far as possible with the same institu- 

 tions as before, and a correspondance of the same kind opened 

 with several others. We have to mention especially the Uni- 

 versity Museum of Copenhagen, the Jardin des Plantes, where 

 Professors Milne Edwards and Dumeril are aiding us in pro- 

 curing by exchange invaluable additions to our stores. Pro- 

 fessor Gastaldi, Dr. Kaup, Professor Panceri, Professor J. V. 

 Barbosa du Bocage, Professors Keferstein and Haeckcl, the 

 Vienna Museum, through Dr. Redtenbachcr, to whom the Mu- 



