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Boston, January 31, 1866. 

 To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives : 



The Trustees of the Museum of Comparative Zoology respect- 

 fully present their Report for the past year. 



Mr. Nathaniel Thayer resigned the office of treasurer on the 

 first day of August last, and Mr. Theodore Lyman was chosen 

 to fill the vacancy. 



On Mr. Thayer's resignation the Trustees adopted the 

 following vote : 



Voted, That the resignation of Mr. Thayer be accepted, and the 

 thanks of this Board be presented to him for his faithful discharge of 

 the duties of the office. 



The transactions of the Museum for the year may be 

 classed under two divisions, one relating to the administration 

 at Cambridge, and the other to the expedition of Professor 

 Agassiz to Brazil. 



In regard to the first division, from the reports of the Com- 

 mittee on the Museum, it appears, that the shelves in the rooms 

 where its resources are exhibited for the purpose of instruction 

 have been filled up under the direction of Mr. Alexander 

 Agassiz. Mr. Shaler has been employed in arranging the 

 ample collection of fossils, so that the department of Paleon- 

 tology is nearly complete in general arrangement. Mr. Uhler 

 brought back large collections from Hayti, having been 

 essentially aided by Mr. Wiener, American Consul at Jdremie. 

 A large number of packages has been received from different 

 parts of the world. 



